For years, I have been trying desperately to like coffee. Not because I need the caffeine, and not even because my friends drink it, but because I absolutely adore coffee-flavored foods (read: ice cream, cupcakes, frosting, steak rubs) and it drives me mad that I can’t enjoy the beverage. Plus, I do want to [...]View Post →

  If ever there was a recipe made for me, this would be it. Bacon, chocolate AND a savory dish? I’m all over this. Before trying it, I never even tasted mole rice. I’ve heard delicious things about it and of course, had multiple people suggest it to me since it has—duh—chocolate in it. But [...]View Post →

  If there is anything I love, it’s a warm muffin topped with butter. If there is anything I love more than that, it’s a warm muffin topped with butter and studded with melty chocolate chips. And if there is anything I love even more than THAT? It’s a muffin, with the butter and the [...]View Post →

  Everyone loves a chocolate chip cookie, right? And do you know what’s better than a chocolate chip cookie? A GIANT chocolate chip cookie. Massive. We are talking huge. I think chocolate chip cookies—warm and gooey—are one of life’s greatest comfort foods. They usually have a time and a place: rainy days, snowy nights, summer [...]View Post →

  Once upon a time I loathed mushrooms. I mean, really. I wouldn’t even consider eating them—I didn’t care if they were on pizza or piled high atop a filet. Didn’t matter. It wasn’t happening. Then I got married. My husband goes through these huge phases with different foods (I once caramelized onions every day [...]View Post →

  With spring quickly approaching in the next few weeks, I fear my warm and comforting soups may be on their way out. I easily love a bowl of soup no matter the season, but sometimes the thought of standing over a large stock pot for a few hours just isn’t as appealing as laying [...]View Post →

  If I could, I’d gladly eat Mexican food for the rest of my life. I’m pretty sure that I will never, ever, ever get sick of warm and fluffy tortillas, spiced chicken, melted cheese, warm chips dipped in warmer salsa, guacamole bowls the size of my head and ladlefuls of queso. Oh and margaritas! [...]View Post →

  I don’t know about you, but it’s finally winter in my neck of the woods. It’s cold. I’m hungry. And I’m ready to hibernate. I could live off soups year round, and find that nothing is more satisfying that a big bowl of stew (or two) followed by a few cookies. Maybe some bread. [...]View Post →