Happy Pi Day! March 14th equals 3.14 which equals pi, which to foodies like you and me means today is a great excuse to eat some PIE! Here are a bunch of pies, savory and sweet that you can make and devour (or share) on this… Pie Day! And I’d also like to take this […]
St. Patrick’s Day Recipes
Céad Mile Fáilte! Happy March and get ready because March 17th, St. Patrick’s Day will soon be here! Be ready to don your finest green apparel, pour a tall glass of your favorite Irish spirits, and dig into some delicious Irish food. I shared these recipes with Amanda, Megan, and Mike on The Morning Brew […]
Corned Beef & Cabbage Slaw Sandwiches
Corned beef & cabbage is a dish often associated with the Irish and with St. Patrick’s Day. Both of my grandmothers made it on St. Patrick’s Day, and one of them isn’t even Irish. (Though corned beef and cabbage also fits well with the idea of a New England boiled dinner, which might be why […]
Slow Cooker Steak & Stout over Colcannon
While researching and thinking about Irish recipes to make this month I made a long list of possibilities, of traditional Irish dishes as well as some of American-Irish dishes. Many of the recipes looked to me like they would be really good enjoyed together. And that is how this dish came to be. Colcannon is […]
Bailey’s Irish Cream Scones with Whiskey-Chocolate Sauce
Tender scones full of Bailey’s Irish Cream flavor become part of a great dessert when topped with fresh, sweetened whipped cream and whiskey chocolate sauce! Creating this recipe led to my doing a little digging into the origin of Irish cream – and what I learned turned out to be quite interesting and unexpected! I […]
Vichyssoise Leek & Potato Pie
This post may contain affiliate links. Warning: this pie is leeky. When I created this recipe a few years ago it was shortly after a family movie night to watch Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2. To me, the best thing about that movie is that it is stuffed from beginning to end with […]
Cheers To a New Year! A Hungry Enough To Eat Six Reader Survey
It was another fun and delicious year of creating recipes, traveling to find good eats, having cook-offs with friends, sharing recipe ideas on the news, and finding as many ways as possible to celebrate with family and friends… with food! I’m excited for the coming year and more food adventures. As I begin to plan […]
Shiny New Year Chocolate Covered Strawberries
This post may contain affiliate links. If you happen to be familiar with the Rankin-Bass holiday special titled ‘Rudolph’s Shiny New Year’… well, pretend for a moment that you are not. Pretend you have never, ever heard of it. I don’t want thoughts of that ridiculous, vintage children’s special to tarnish your impression of these […]
Cranberry Nutella Sandwich Cookies
I’ve been playing with several cranberry recipes this holiday season, but this one is my favorite so far! I love to pick up several bags of cranberries and stash them in the freezer, to have on hand for cranberry sauce, Cranberry Eggnog Muffins, and now for these tender sandwich cookies. There is something so delicious […]
Peppermint Candy Cane Cookies with M&M’s
Is there anything more festive than a candy cane? Well sure, if I’m being honest, Christmas trees, holiday music, red and green versions of all our favorite candies, the sound of Salvation Army bells, lights of all colors on every tree, shrub, window and roof in the neighborhood, making and eating Elf spaghetti – these things […]
Pi Day! Our Pie Challenge and a Pie Recipe Round-up
It was another in our long series of cook-offs, gathering to make our best takes on a common dish. It was Pie Challenge Day! Read on to find out how our challenge went, and then check out a huge round-up of pie recipes in honor of today, March 14th. 3.14. It is Pi Day! Wikipedia […]
A Round-Up of Recipe Ideas For All Those Winter Root Vegetables
In the mid-winter, you may find yourself running out of ideas for all those winter root vegetables that are still abundant at the grocery, at the farmer’s markets, in your community agriculture share and in your crisper drawer. Or you may not have even tried some of these hardy vegetables yet, which was the case […]