Cookbook Giveaway!

While I’m away at the beach this week, I wanted to get ready to celebrate the blog’s 3rd birthday!  26 May will be three years since my first food post.  The blog has changed a little over the years, hopefully for the better, but I often come back to the same cookbook over and over [...]

Just Call Us ‘The Apple Dumpling Gang’

Hopefully you’ve see the movie, but I’m talking about something else. Saturday night Lisa of Champaign Taste, under the sponsorship of FoodBuzz for their 24, 24, 24 event, hosted a dinner for a few Champaign food bloggers at The Apple Dumpling in Urbana.
I had never been to the Apple Dumpling before, so [...]

Just Like Grandma’s

Today I point you toward How To Cook Like Your Grandmother for an interesting blog visit. Drew has lots of step-by-step instructions for basic foods, detailing the recipes and the techniques.

Wandering West

Vegan Lunch Box is a blog I used to frequent and even listed on my blogroll for a while, but then Schmoo stopped going to school and the lunches stopped being packed, but this summer Jennifer is back with all sorts of beautiful things. I know I’m NOT a vegan (in case you thought [...]

Southern Wanderings

This week I wandered to the southern hemisphere. I recommend you visit Arfi’s blog HomeMades. Her photography is gorgeous and her recent post on chocolate orange custard is droolworthy.