Sticky, Gooey, Creamy, Chewy

I absolutely adore Thai green papaya salad, or Som Tam. I always order it when I see it on a restaurant menu. In fact, I have actually dined at certain restaurants solely because I’d heard that their green papaya salad was amazing. My favorite Asian market sometimes carries their …

Remember the three witches from Macbeth? In the first scene of Act IV, those wacky witches, or weird sisters, as they are sometimes called, are found hovering over a big vat filled with some kind of gurgling, hissing, spitting substance, while chanting “Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble; fire burn …

Did you know that today is National Pie Day? Seriously. The National Pie Council has declared it so, and that’s good enough for me. So, what exactly is National Pie Day? Well, according to the NPC, its a day “dedicated to the celebration of pie”, and they hope that …

Sometimes I have to sniff out my inspiration for recipes like a bloodhound. Other times, it just falls effortlessly right into my lap – like the idea for this fabulous and fun take on traditional meatloaf. These are meatloaf cupcakes. Yes, that’s right. MEATLOAF CUPCAKES! Succulent and flavorful little …

Last week In my Shepherd’s Pie post, I mentioned that I had rediscovered the dish while on a trip to Scotland. What I didn’t mention was that this trip to Scotland was part of a two week concert tour in the British Isles with a group that I used …

Have you ever heard of Asian Wedding Soup? Neither have I. I did a quick Google search on it and didn’t find anything either. Actually, I just made the name up because this soup was intended to be an Asian counterpart to traditional Italian wedding soup, which is also …

My first introduction to shepherd’s pie was in the lunch line at my high school cafeteria. That was many more moons ago than I’d care to share. But, not so long ago that I don’t still remember. I’d never heard of it before and had no idea what it …

Mini SGCC has a boyfriend. He’s actually been around for almost a year now, but I wasn’t allowed to blog about it. I’m still not, but I have to because otherwise there would be no story to tell about this cake. And, this cake is too wonderful not to …

There’s an old saying that goes, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. I think its meaning is self-explanatory. I also think that it applies very well to cooking and baking. Foodies, especially those of us that blog, are always looking for the next best thing …