Eat Something Good

I’ve never made dirty rice before.  I had something in mind but I wasn’t sure.  I didn’t even know what it was exactly except for that it was possibly cajun.  I just looked it up on wikipedia and it is indeed a cajun dish.  That’s what I thought.  So as I’m looking over the recipe, [...]

All right, the recipe is actually called “Easiest” spaghetti & meatballs but I had to change it.  I changed it because we all know the absolute easiest thing to do is to open up a jar of tomato sauce and throw in some frozen meatballs.  That would be the easiest.  But this recipe was pretty [...]

During my college days, I lived in Washington DC.  It had a calmer, more organized feel to it.  Sidewalks were wider except in Georgetown which wasn’t too far away.   Anyway, my college boyfriend showed me many of the sites that DC had to offer.   One of my favorite finds was what the locals referred [...]

I worked for my folks for a little while during the late 90’s.  Their travel agency is in Manhattan.  So everyday, I’d make the hour trek into NYC with them all the while being tortured by either classical music, opera or korean broadcasting.  At the time, I needed loud pop music to wake up.    Anyway, [...]

Now I’ve heard of chicken cordon bleu plenty and have had some mediocre to really bad dishes.  For those of you who are not familiar with it, it’s basically chicken rolled up with ham & cheese.  The worst offenders are the fake’ish chicken ones that are prepackaged.  Steve likes those.  I have no idea why.  [...]

When I was in college, I used to make a chicken and rice dish with tomatoes.  I had no memory of what it was called, but I remembered how it looked in the casserole dish and how satisfying of a meal it made.  When I looked at the New York Times Cook Book (Craig Claiborne), [...]