I can’t believe I haven’t updated the blog since last year! My favorite “joke”(that isn’t funny) on New Year’s Day is saying that I have/haven’t done things “since last year,” which was really only 12 hours ago.
I haven’t brushed my teeth since last year.
Jelly hasn’t had anything to eat [...]
This is the best appetizer in the whole wide world.
For the rest of time, I will make bacon-wrapped goat cheese stuffed dates to impress guests at parties and potlucks.
I first encountered this recipe a few weeks ago at a work potluck. Immediately, I planned to make it for the a potluck [...]
I can remember the day in elementary school when I first had a tuna melt. I was over a friend’s house and her dad offered to make us some. Tunafish + cheese? Melted? Who are these people?
Now, I know what the fuss was all about. These things are delicious! Here’s a recipe [...]
Competing in a cooking event has always been a dream of mine. I have seen every variety of cooking competition on TV, featuring every skill level of cooks. I hoped that someday I would enter myself in a recipe contest for amateur home cooks. This weekend, I made that dream come true!
It was an innocent thought that came to me in the baking aisle: Bacon S’mores. I saw a bag of Jet-Puffed marshmallows and a stroke of genius gave me the idea for my takedown recipe entry.
Little did I know… little did I know… The task at hand this weekend was clear: create [...]
Is there such a thing as mad pig’s disease? Because if there is, I have it.
This evening, I picked up my coupons for the Bacon Takedown. $90 worth of bacon to use entirely to my own discretion. The power is unsettling.
With great enthusiasm, I have decided on [...]
I have proof that vegetables found their way into my diet this week, despite the constant onslaught of bacon. The fridge was actually loaded with veggies from weekend shopping trip, but planning for the takedown threw me off schedule.
I’ve still managed to throw together dinner every night, and [...]
I might have bitten off more than I can chew. About fifteen pounds too much.
I’m taking on bacon this weekend with 19 other amateur cooks in Boston. The Bacon Takedown is this Sunday in Somerville, it’s a serious event for bacon-lovers. Bacon served in every way, shape, and form, and [...]
