If it isn't already apparent, I am more than ready for Autumn's arrival. In part, I think I am just yearning for the day where wearing a mask in the Dallas humidity doesn't feel akin to being suffocated with a pillow. The Texas heat is no joke y'all. Bad weather aside, I look forward to [...]
If you have been following this blog for a while now, you know how much I love breakfast. If I go without breakfast, I turn into a very crabby blonde monster and no one wants to see that. So, I take my breakfast VERY seriously. And, there are few things I love more for breakfast [...]
Chicken paillard is one of those classic dishes that is elegant - and hard to pronounce - yet is a surprisingly simple dish to make and one of my absolute favorites to order on a menu! Paillard is actually just a French term used to denote a piece of chicken or veal that has been [...]
The other day, I committed a cardinal sin in the world of brownie-making...I overbaked the batch. Anyone who has ever had a brownie knows that a dry brownie is not worth eating at all. They were just the slightest bit overbaked, but they weren't even close to the fudgy deliciousness that makes a brownie so [...]
Hands-down Asian food is one of my favorite cuisines...to eat. When it comes to cooking Asian food, I tend to be fairly tentative. There are so many magical ingredients in the realm of Asian cuisine, but I don't have much experience utilizing many of them.However, I recently purchased the Defined Dish cookbook (which is fabulous!) [...]
