Ready for a story guys? Here goes. Last week at work we had a chili cook-off. The First Annual for our little company, I’m guessing. We’re a team of about 30 people, with maybe two-thirds of us in the office on a “busy day.” So, because most of us like to eat — and a handful of us really like to cook — we had a chili cook-off. The word quaint should probably be in there somewhere. Requirements for the cook-off? None. No heat restrictions, specific diet accommodations, nada. This was anything goes, people. And guess-friggin’-what. This Vegan Soyrizo & … Read More
Figgy Brie & Roasted Pear Skillet Pizza (and a mini contest!)
I have a confession to make: I’ve never been to New York City. Ok, yes, via Sex & The City, and yes, there was that one time, for work, when I was thoroughly convinced I could Carrie Bradshaw my way from publishing house to publishing house wearing 5-inch heels and pushing a clothing rack through throngs of (thoroughly annoyed) pedestrians all while wearing a handknit shawl and a maxi skirt on a so-humid-it-feels-like-God’s-breath-all-like-hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-on-your-face kind of day in late May. So yeah, I’ve been there. But not, like, for real, jaknow? Until now. Ok not now, but in June, which is … Read More
Smoky Dukkah Pesto – aka the ultimate umamdiment
Have we talked TV in a while? No? Let’s do. *Flips hair and hunkers down Indian Style* Kay, so do you guys watch Smash? I’m getting caught up. I feel we have a little bit of a Love/Hate relationship, me and Smash. I just can’t tell if I love to hate it or hate that I love it. My point is this: Katherine McPhee is pretty phenomenal. Her voice is bananas. O-R-A-N-G-E-S. And she’s got this yogi bod that she looks so comfortable in. Oh, and JHuds? It’s like Idol minus the shimmery lipgloss and prescription-drugged judges. My only complaint … Read More
Huevos con Soyrizo with Two-Potato Hash
First, a reminder: have you voted for the Pig & Quill in Cook Taste Eat’s Facebook contest yet? Voting closes Friday, and I am dreadfully behind, so if you could pull out all the stops and convince everyone know you to vote, that’d be great. On the line: an opportunity to cook and film with celeb-chef and restauranteur Michael Mina, so it’s kind of a big deal. Thanks! On with the post. Sometimes Mondays kind of suck. Sometimes they don’t. I’ll let you guess which kind of Monday I had. Did you guess the sucky one? Geez, I guess that’s more … Read More
Oscar Night Special – Best Ensemble: Show-stopping Popcorn (Guest Post!)
Hi folks! So I originally intended to post that lovely and now heavily-(over)hyped Coconut-Pecan Brussels Sprout Salad some time this weekend, and then somehow I convinced my equally foodified cousin, Joel, to draft a guest post in honor of tomorrow’s Oscar night, and BAM! He delivered in record time. See, for Christmas, in addition to treating me to the Leg of Beast Dinner, Joel gifted me with a certificate for 4 Free Guest Posts on the Pig & Quill. Clever, generous and ohsohandy, right? So while I’m out here in the great Midwest again (confusingly, this will be explained in … Read More