By adrienne, on July 20th, 2010
A few things I’ve made lately:
This was easy and good. One small onion, chopped. A couple of cloves of garlic, minced. A cup of dried white beans, rinsed but not soaked. 14 oz of canned tomatoes. A handful of chopped fresh basil. One bay leaf. Cover by an inch and cook overnight. I cooked it on [...]
By adrienne, on July 11th, 2010
Some things I’ve made lately.
Chocolate chip cookies from Joy of Cooking, which is by far the best recipe out there, way better than Toll House. Also instead of using regular chocolate chips I used these yummy little dark chocolate disks by Felchlin that I chopped up a little. Super tasty.
Chocolate chip cookies, yum.
Grandma's [...]
By adrienne, on May 25th, 2010
A crazy cheesecake for DM’s birthday. You can click the picture for the large printable version.
Raspberry Chocolate Cheesecake
It was reallllllly good! Kind of labor intensive, but worth it!
Getting ready to make the cheesecake.
Ta Da!
Chicken, Mexican zucchini, and orzo soup
Cheese and green onion quiche
Asian noodle soup
Strawberry Agua Fresca
Pizza [...]
By adrienne, on April 20th, 2010
I spent a few days in L.A. last month. Spent some time with the family, went to a couple of restaurants.
We had lunch at Recess in Glendale. It’s right down the street from my brother’s house and he goes there all the time so I wanted to try it.
Recess in Glendale
I started with some [...]
By adrienne, on April 16th, 2010
Well, it’s supposed to be pretty crappy this weekend with chilly weather and thunderstorms. So you might want to stay inside.
The public library downtown is a neat place. You can go to the back, to the original library, where they have all kinds of historical documents and photographs. Look up your address in one of the [...]