Lisa on September 19th, 2011

Today’s post is more of an ideas post than an actual recipe, but it’s an idea that you can take in uncountable directions, be that sweet or savory or as a main dish or a dessert. Another neat thing about this culinary concept is that you get to play the part of a pastry chef [...]

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Lisa on February 5th, 2010

A whimsical name for a whimsical dish: pasta tossed with guacamole.  I got the idea when I wanted to make guacamole but was out of corn chips.  What to do?  Use corn in a different form, I decided.  I did.  I also deepened the flavors of the dish by sautéeing the garlic and onion before [...]

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Lisa on October 30th, 2009

The only thing better than getting your hands on a fancy new kitchen gadget is realizing that you can use an old kitchen gadget to do the same job.  (Thus saving you $$ to buy more new kitchen gadgets.) Enter the potato masher.  Not only does it do its eponymous job, it mashes anything else [...]

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