— Thanks to all who voted for The Pig & Quill! This contest is now closed. — I made the second round in Cook Taste Eat’s 365 Everyday Value Coconut Milk recipe contest! Remember the other day when I posted that pretty little recipe for Chiles en Nogada con Coco and mentioned it was part of a contest hosted by Whole Foods and Cook Taste Eat? Well I’ve got some good news, reader friends — I made the first cut! And now we reach the hard part. In order to realize the grand prize of cooking/filming with Michael Mina, my … Read More
Squat Party Misnomers and Loving Thyself
Wanna know how I’m feeling today? Oof. That’s how. Yesterday one of my work buddies (we’ll call her Kat, as that’s her name and she’s likely to make an appearance here from time to time) and I attended a “Squat Party” — or at least that’s what the Nike Training app calls the 30-minute workout that we attempted. Let me tell you something, Nike. If you’re going to call something a party, there had damn well better be cocktails and petit fours. Or at least PBR and little hot dogs on sticks. Calling what most people would refer to as … Read More
Chiles en Nogada — a Whole Foods & Cook Taste Eat Contest
**Update: the Cook Taste Eat recipe competition is now closed. Thanks to all who voted! ** Remember in college, when that Facebook thing came along and it asked you about your favorite movies? Your favorite quotes? Your favorite books? And you had a mild panic attack over whether or not it would be social suicide to list Harold & Kumar alongside When Harry Met Sally, so you threw in Memento for good measure? Yeah, me neither. I’ve never been awesome with the whole favorites thing. There’s too much pressure. You can so easily go too Indie. Too hipster. Too run-of-the-mill … Read More
Presideezy in tha Heezy Weekend
I’ve been posting a lot of on the food front lately, so while I take a quick time out to snap some pics of the dishes I’ve got lined up for later this week, I thought I’d instead give you a super quick glimpse at my weekend. It was full of lovely people, lovely meals and lots of recuperative-yet-productive time, which I cherish through and through. (Productive time is recuperative time, to me. It’s kind of sick and pleasing all at once.) We celebrated our dear Emily’s birthday. I ran a lot. Like, more than 10 miles over the course of … Read More
Enfuso Smoked Olive Oils (Live, from my sofa, it’s Saturday night!)
So it’s Saturday night, of a long weekend, no less, and what am I doing? Sitting on the couch in a dimly lit living room eating yet another Brussel sprout salad (this one, I promise you, is even better than the last) and bathing in the whitish glow of my laptop screen. (MacTanning, I’m calling it. Great for creating that bloodshot look.) Is this what I’m putting off kids for? When did this happen? Moreover, why do I like it so much? Am I the only one that gets just a little high off quiet solo nights at home? And … Read More