Fall is finally in the air! October has arrived and we are definitely in the Fall state-of-mind…desiring all the spice, apple and pumpkin flavors. So today, we share with you our recipe for Instant Pot Cider Pulled Pork with Apple Slaw. A warming meal with …
Life has taken us on quite a wild ride this past year! We have missed you all and our blog. We are so glad to be back! We are kicking off the hot weather season with a super easy frozen dessert. Please welcome our Individual …
Have you ever tasted Screaming Yellow Zonkers? They were a big deal when we were kids and we loved them well into adulthood – until they stopped making them in 2007. They were this weirdly yellow, buttery, sugar shellacked popcorn that we couldn’t get enough …
When we were little, our parents used to take us to weekend brunch at a fabulous place called The Nut Tree in Vacaville, California. If you have lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, or parts east of the bay, you probably know about it. …
We recently had the pleasure of sampling a burnt almond cake. They seem to be everywhere right now and are apparently a riff on a cake that originated in San Jose, in the Bay Area. While we enjoyed the cake, we felt we could improve …
When the weather warms up, we turn to sandwiches for easy meals. Frying shrimp (or any shellfish) seems so fussy but it’s really very easy and not terribly messy. The Cajun seasoning in these Shrimp Po’ Boy Sandwiches adds an amazing amount of flavor. Cornmeal …
Happy Spring!!! Can you believe it’s finally here? We won’t be celebrating Easter with extended family this year, but we will still be enjoying delicious food! Our Herbed Salad with Goat Cheese and Almonds is the perfect celebratory salad and a perfect welcome to springtime. …
We have wanted to try to make empanadas for quite some time now. We order them in restaurants and love them, but they seemed challenging to make at home. However, when we saw J. Kenji Lopez-Alt’s recipe for Beef and Potato Empanadas, we knew it …
Last week we took a little trip down food memory lane. We grew up in the 1970’s with a lot of prepackaged food (Swanson’s TV dinners and Kool-Aid, anyone?) and those little Pillsbury recipe booklets you would find at the checkout. As children of the …
