Being a neophyte in the kitchen, I often have a lot of questions when I make desserts. I usually call Mary Ellen, Brandi, or Cindy asking for assistance. I’ve asked them questions ranging from, When are the cookies “done” and okay to pull out? to What kind of butter should I use, unsalted or salted? [...]
Jessica’s birthday was last weekend but she was out of town. We wanted to go somewhere to celebrate with her on Wednesday but she had a test she had to study. Since we’re all on really tight budgets, she said she had a coupon for a medium sized pizza from Double Dave’s. I had some [...]
Shrimp Scampi Memories I remember the first time I’ve ever made Shrimp Scampi was for my 22nd birthday celebration that I had with Kym, Dave, and Nam. It’s a fond memory of mine. The four of us took our ingredients and went downstairs to this community kitchen, Kym’s dorm had. I don’t know where I [...]
I tried a new recipe last week, Chicken Scarpariello and I used Rachel Ray’s recipe off of the Foodnetwork. I still consider myself a cooking novice and this recipe was fun for me because I’ve never cooked with Orzo before and haven’t even heard of cherry peppers. I enjoy learning new things! What are cherry [...]
Last night for a late late dinner, I made us Chicken Marsala and Dutch Potatoes. We have a bunch of potatoes around so I was searching around looking at potato recipes. I wasn’t in the mood for mashed potatoes as I made Shepherd’s Pie just last week but I stumbled on a recipe for Dutch [...]
I’ve been cooking more in efforts to not eat out so much and I’ve also been experimenting with new recipes. One of the recent meals consisted of Tilapia baked with capers and oregano with a side dish of Succotash. Both recipes were new and I got off of Epicurious. The fish I overdid on the [...]
So not too long ago, we had our first alphabet pot luck with the letter “P.” We finally had time to have our second alphabet pot luck and last night’s letter is the letter “A”! Rules are simple, bring anything that begins with the letter “A.” I’m just going to walk you through all the [...]
Alan and I are heading off to Dallas for the weekend for Nisreen and Nino’s wedding! Will post when I get back. In the mean time here are pictures of our dinner last night at work. We had our first potluck dinner. We’re thinking of making it a monthly tradition. I brought the corn and [...]
Shabu Zen 16 Tyler Street Boston, MA 02134 617.292.8828 (617) 782-8888 www.shabuzen.com The day after I went to Little Q and had the strangest but still tasty experience of hot pot, Mary Ellen took me to hot pot that is closer to what I was used to in Allston, Massachusetts. This one was kind of [...]
1585 Hancock St Quincy, MA 02169 (617) 773-5888 www.littlequsa.com I took Mary Ellen to hot pot at Sinh Sinh in Houston a while ago with Kim and Chris. She was excited because she had come to love hot pot while in Boston. However, she was a little surprised at our hot pot since it was [...]