Food From Across the Pond

Well I’m home from my two weeks of travel and gluttony. More gluttony than travel. My next few posts are going to be all food from my trip. Mainly because I won’t be cooking or eating much for several days weeks…. days.

Paris Food Porn

I figured I would give you a little sampling of the incredible food I’m seeing/eating to tide you over till I get back.

Also, I’m bragging a little. I don’t get to do it often. Indulge me.

Russian Tea Time In Chicago

 

Xmas Goodies

I may or may not have gone a little crazy with baking this year. Crazy. Really crazy. Insane. Certifiable. I don’t know what I was thinking.

The Holidays Are Making Me Sick. Literally.

This is what I’m eating today. Also Airborne, Halls, miscellaneous teas, and disgusting Zinc tablets. Have you ever noticed that those Zinc tablets never really completely dissolve? They just diminish into tiny little gross tasting rocks in your mouth. Medicine is supposed to be gross, right? That must mean it’s working.

St. Louis and the Evil Corn Dog

I don’t know what’s going on with you, St. Louis, but in Chicago our corn dogs are good clean fun. Maybe we should have stayed longer. I mean, we didn’t even have time to do the brewery tour. I know, sacrilege, right? It’s okay, I think we had a pretty good sampling of St. Louis anyway. The good… and the not so good.

BOOM! It’s the Holidays!

Bourbon apple pie. So delicious. I may or may not have added a little more bourbon than the recipe calls for. And I may or may not have left it in the oven 15 or 20 minutes longer than I should have. I got distracted. It was more like applesauce pie. Delicious, bourbon-y applesauce pie. Hey, we can’t be perfect all the time.

Change of Plans…

I’m going to be honest with you. I don’t think I’m cut out for the whole traditional food blogging thing. When I make food at home I like to just make it. I can’t be bothered with the photography and the lighting- I so rarely get to cook in the comfort of my own home, I just want to enjoy it. So I’ve decided to change things up a bit. That’s the Kraken by the way. It’s my new favorite rum. I’ve traded in wine for Dark & Stormies lately. For those of you unfamiliar with the Dark & Stormy, it’s rum, lime & ginger beer. And it’s deeeelicious. Moving on.

PB & J Pizza

I went through a period of my life where I didn’t like peanut butter. The dark ages. I don’t know what I was thinking. On its own I still think you can keep it, but the classic peanut butter pairings have recaptured my heart. And this one is no exception.

Mushroom Croque Monsieur

I’ve subscribed to Bon Appetit for several years now, and every time I get a new issue I go through and flag all the recipes I want to try. Because I’m a little OCD, and I like the sticky flags. Then I put the magazine on the stack that’s growing in my extra closet and forget about it. I’ll be the first to admit that it’s a pretty stupid practice. The stacking, not the flagging. The flagging is awesome. Anyway I decided that I need to start going through them and making all the recipes I flagged. This is one of those.