ok – so i’m into italian food and i can’t stop.  and why would i?  tonight’s dinner was an off the cuff throw together in 30 minutes kinda thing.  i saw a post on ‘minimally invasive‘ for a roasted fennel dish and i knew that would be my jumping off point.  after using fennel tops for my shrimp [...]

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party at my place.  a friend’s big birthday.  cooking for 10.  coming up with the right menu.  making sure things work together and that i’m not making too much.  too little.  too complicated.  but before i go on i’ve just got to make a local mention.  because if anyone from nashville is reading, what’s VERY [...]

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necessity being the mother of invention, i used what i had.  leftover from my lobster rolls of two weeks ago were four frozen but perfectly good hot dog buns.  a great excuse to bust out the frozen ground beefalo and hopefully make two kids happy two nights in a row. i had eye spied this recipe early last month from ‘the clumsy cook‘ [...]

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saw it.  had to do it.  and it’s so not about me except to say that i followed directions, barely veering – and if i may say, i did a bang up job. for any and all info please go and visit the woman who once again made it all possible – jennifer of ‘last [...]

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