How to make a great birthday dinner for your husband who will eat anything.
Dark chocolate and pear cake
Dark chocolate and pear cake recipe with browned butter. Delicious.
Chocolate Chai Cupcakes
chai spiced chocolate cupcakes make everyone happy.
Hot Chocolate in June
A few words on our favorite brand of hot chocolate (Land O Lakes) and why we’re drinking it in June.
Cinnamon Applesauce…who knew?
Our friend Matt loves eating pork. Really loves it. In fact, he had no meat other than pork a few weeks ago. He told us he thought it was one of the best weeks of his life. So, when we…
Kartoffel Puffer (German Potato Pancakes)
The first time I had Kartoffel Puffer, I was in Germany and it was Christmas-time. I was in heaven. If you haven’t experienced Christmas in Germany, you’re really missing out. It’s fabulous. The air smells of Christmas (at least what…
Black Forest Brownie birthday “cake”
I love baking. So, this year, when my birthday rolled around, I wanted to make my own birthday cake. Again. But this time, I wasn’t going to make cake. I don’t really like cake. Strange I know. But, that probably…
Eggplant Parmesan Sandwiches
Some people are afraid of eggplant. I think it’s the name. Hey, it could be worse. It could be named “Skunk-cabbage” or something like that. I love eggplant. It’s so versatile. You can use it in anything (and we do…
Trying English Trifle: Recipes for English Trifle
Carrie and I recently had English Trifle for the first time. English trifle is a quite delicious desert. I still need to get the exact recipe for the English trifle we had, but since I don’t have that recipe yet,…
Thai chicken wraps with spicy peanut sauce
It’s more difficult to cook for people you’re just getting to know. You don’t know their likes and dislikes yet. So, it’s hard to cook something like mushrooms when you know a fair number of crazy people don’t like them. …