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Only 3 full days left until Christmas…
…and all I have to have finished by Friday afternoon is: two batches of applesauce one sweet potato pie a few dozen mini corn muffins a bittersweet chocolate tart a dozen panna cotta one goat cheese cheesecake on molasses cookie crust, topped with honeyed cranberries a dozen peanut butter and...
Slow simmer beef stew
Who ever said that beef stew needs to be made the same way every time? I’m a big fan of finding a recipe that I love and adding to it, changing it up a little, playing with it- if you will. So when it came time to throw some beef,...
I am very thankful
To be alive. To be healthy. To have a wonderful and supportive family and network of friends. To have a caring partner to share my life with. To have the most awesome dog on the planet. To have a job that I look forward to doing each day. To have...
The fall weather has arrived
And with it, my winter appetite. All summer long I can easily feast on the abundance of fresh, local produce, either grilled or in/on salads. Come the cool weather though all I want are hearty dishes. I just went through the market during my lunch break and grabbed the makings...
Curried chicken and vegetables
So last night I decided to try this new recipe (and thoroughly neglected to take any pictures). While it did have flavor, it also needed some work. The curry is great, but the dish needs some heat. Also, it called for coating the chicken in the yogurt and spice mixture,...
Oh dear goodness! Look out kitchen, here I come.
So I am finally feeling better, and the new Food & Wine mag came in the mail (well it came in the other day but I didn’t open it until recently). There are so many fantastic recipes to try in this month’s issue. Tons of hearty vegetarian dishes (which are...
My favorite time of year
I can’t honestly believe that I decorated the inside of my home, prepared to decorate the outside of it, and completely forgot to change kitchbitch’s theme. Where is my brain lately? Well, I could say but I don’t want to jinx anything 😉 This is absolutely my favorite time of...
Change
And so here I am again at a point of many changes in my life. … On 8/29 I left for my trip to CA. This was my first real vacation since my honeymoon in 2004. It was wonderful. Jay and I trekked out to wine country. We did a...
A visit to a farm
Yesterday we trekked to Outlook Farm in Westhampton for what they were calling their “peach festival”. It was pretty neat. As we got there it was just beginning to sprinkle. They had a large tent set up over their picnic tables so that folks could stay dry while they ate. ...