I have been baking a lot lately and I know I have had to prepare seeing that the holidays are going to be around the corner. I was excited to be contacted by the folks at Ghirardelli asking me to try some of their new and old products. I was given some recipes to view and check out for me to try but I had to create some recipes of my own, of course!What makes their products new? The Ghirardelli … [Read more...]
{Guest Post} My version of Shepherd’s Pie: a tribute to my mom’s cooking
My mom is a great cook. No, she isn't a famous chef or an accomplished graduate of any culinary institute. She just cooked the way her mom cooked. And I'm sure Grandma learned from her mom and so on and so on all the way back to my ancestors crushing strange berries and leaves with a rock outside of some cave somewhere. I'm really happy that my mom always made food a big … [Read more...]
Chicago Diner {Comfort Food for the Vegan}
Hello from Milwaukee! Today has been a long day and full of adventures at that! We started our trip at 10am and it is ending as soon as I post this entry which is close to midnight.We started our trek from Michigan and we headed to Chicago. On the way we tried to find a Starbucks or Bigby but can you believe that in 3.5 hours there were not any coffee shops?? Very sad but we survived. We arrived … [Read more...]
