Cooking

Cooking with Macy’s: Cat Cora’s Mashed Potatoes

by Lisa on December 10, 2011

Winter is a time to stay indoors and enjoy the warmth of hearth and home. In my house, we also like the warmth of certain comfort foods. My boys are particularly fond of mashed potatoes. So, I’m continuing my series of recipes from the Macy’s Culinary Council Thanksgiving & Holiday Cookbook and sharing Cat Cora’s [...]

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My head is being invaded by {Designer Wife}

by Lisa on January 2, 2011

I am honored to call Lindsay Maddox a/k/a Designer Wife my peer and good friend. However, when you are such good friends, things happen. They get in your head! OMG! Lindsay and I are doing some of the same things, without even talking about them. We had planned on not eating out during the month of [...]

Tagged as: Canon, Christmas, Cooking, Designer Wife, eating, Jen Lancaster, Life, Lifestyle, Lindsay Maddox, photo, photo a day, photography, Southern Living, The Chic Life, White Bean and Collard Soup

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Ad Hoc Chocolate Cake Mix | Williams-Sonoma

by Lisa on March 20, 2010

via williams-sonoma.com I am not normally big on cake mixes of any kind, preferring to bake from scratch. However, this I couldn’t pass up. A Thomas Keller cake mix and frosting? Now, if I only wouldn’t get in trouble for trying to open the jar of frosting to “test” it. Posted via web from dailypinch’s [...]

Tagged as: ad-hoc cake mix, Baking, cake mixes, Cooking, homemade, thomas keller, williams-sonoma

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Foodie Friday

by Lisa on January 8, 2010

Starting on Friday’s, I will be adding a new element. Foodie Fridays! I love to cook and try out new recipes. Some meals have turned out to be quite memorable. Memorable, not good, just memorable. I was going to start it this week with an ode to virtuousness in cooking and the “Domestic Goddess” herself, [...]

Tagged as: Bacon, Baking, Blog, blogger, Blogging, Cooking, Daily Pinch, Domestic Goddess, grocery, meal plan, menu, Nigella Lawson

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Halloween Food–#3

by Lisa on October 21, 2009

It’s getting closer to my favorite spooky time of year! Halloween is next week. I think one of the reasons I love Halloween so much is that my birthday is also the same week! Plus, there are always trips to the Pumpkin Patch. So, for me, it’s like my own personal holiday. To carry on my [...]

Tagged as: Cooking, Halloween, Hot Dog Mummies, Pumpkin Patch

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Halloween Food–#2

by Lisa on October 14, 2009

What is the first thing you think of you when you hear the word slime? Slugs? Snakes? Nickelodeon? Now you can add soup to the list! For part two of my Halloween food series, I made slime soup. Sounds disgusting, looks worse, but the taste? Divine. How do you make slime soup? It’s quite simple [...]

Tagged as: Cooking, food, Halloween, Holidays

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