Archive for November, 2009

Thanksgiving is next week, and I can already feel myself going into denial about the upcoming new year. I can’t believe it, really. It seems like just yesterday that I was clinking my champagne glass and ringing in 2009.

One bright spot is that the fall, including the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, is my favorite [...]


Plum Cake

18Nov09

I can’t believe it’s taken me three months to post this cake. I made it around the same time as this, so I didn’t want to inundate you with too many plum posts. Though, now that my holiday trend of orange/pumpkin/squash food is in full force, I don’t know why I didn’t at least [...]


I call this last minute soup because up until I started chopping the shallot, I had no idea I was going to make it. It was Friday, and I found out something at work (a promotion!) that left my head spinning for most of the afternoon and into the evening. I had half of a [...]


Orange is back, as promised.  And this is sweet. creamy, Thanksgiving goodness. The original recipe for this mash uses russet potatoes, but since my vegetable box came with two giant (and I mean giant) flesh-colored sweet potatoes, I used them instead because, quite honestly, I had no other ideas. This substitution made the dish slightly [...]


Bon Appetit is having a blog bake-off! I’ve entered my very well received Pumpkin Spice Cookies with Brown Butter Icing, and, if you’re a fan, you can vote for them by heading here. Thanks, readers!!