I love pastries. Anytime there is a box of pastries around, I end up eating nearly half of the box! I’m not exaggerating. This feat is typically accomplished in individual small bites. I break…
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I avoided making granola for years. I read countless recipes on blogs that extolled the virtues of homemade granola, but for some unknown reason, I just didn’t do it. I kept stubbornly buying granola…
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Many years ago, I made my first risotto. It was a delicious leek, cream, and parmesan risotto. The recipe called for “leeks, thinly sliced, white and pale green portions only.” I dutifully hacked off…
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Sometimes, the best way to get back into cooking and writing about cooking is to start at the beginning–with breakfast that is!When I was growing up, I went through a rather prolonged phase…
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This summer has been an excellent summer for peaches. In the beginning of July, I went to go visit some of my family in a small town in South Carolina. When I say…
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Mama Hathi, Papa Hathi, and I went to the Grand Canyon the summer before I started medical school. It was a marvelous trip. We were able to visit both the North and the South…
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I recently resurrected my family’s old waffle iron. It had sat in the back of the pantry for YEARS completely neglected. When I resurrected it, the first few batches of waffles I made were…