From Giada De Laurentiis’ newest cookbook, Giada at Home: Family Recipes from Italy and California (Amazon link), I made this butternut squash soup tonight. Its been snowing and blowing all day, so this seemed like a great choice for such a gloomy, read a good book in bed all day, kind of day. Unfortunately, I… Continue reading Butternut Squash Soup with Sage-Gouda Baguette
Category: reviews
Garlic-Lime Steak w/ Horseradish Mashed Potoates
About a month ago, I started to review a cookbook for Cookbooker, a website for reviewing cookbooks and recipes from those cookbooks. There was a challenge involving a cookbook meant to provide lots of flavorful dishes with minimal time and labor. I didn’t own the cookbook but started with the freebie recipes. Thanks to my… Continue reading Garlic-Lime Steak w/ Horseradish Mashed Potoates
Chili Balsamic Marinated Sirloin with Linguine and Sun-Dried Tomatoes
My e-mail inbox is out of control. I’m using the new Priority Inbox at Gmail but it is still stuffed full of old newsletters, mailing list digests and of course the non-spam spam (that would be the ‘today only!! Sale!!!’ announcements from any website you have ever purchased from*). I have been ruthless in my… Continue reading Chili Balsamic Marinated Sirloin with Linguine and Sun-Dried Tomatoes
Riverhouse Inn, Williamston, Mi
Chris and I enjoyed a lovely riverside dinner at Riverhouse Inn in Williamston on the last weekend in August. Hopefully we’ll have another chance for such a nice meal al fresco before fall truly sets in. I started two new classes today and unlike previous quarters, I haven’t done any reading yet. My first bit… Continue reading Riverhouse Inn, Williamston, Mi
Wrought Iron Grill- Father’s Day the Sequel
For Father’s Day 2009, Chris and I took my dad to the Wrought Iron Grill in Owosso at which time I wrote a review and indicated we would certainly go back. And we did, this year for Father’s Day. Despite intentions, driving between Flint and Lansing scads of times, we never made it back in… Continue reading Wrought Iron Grill- Father’s Day the Sequel
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