This week Mr. Sauce and I made the very difficult decision to put my beloved Brian Boitano to sleep. After the months and months and months of snot and bloody noses and antibiotics and weight loss, the docs did an x-ray and Brian has a “mass” in his skull. For treatment, a brain scan andContinue reading Tomorrow We Say Goodbye To Brian
Hello, yinz guys! Happy Belated Easter! My parents made the trip down to Baltimore for the holiday and on Sunday I made a big, French-inspired, Easter dinner featuring a roast leg of lamb. I will give you the run down of my French Spring Feast soon, but first I’m gonna share with you Lamb Curry.Continue reading Australian Cooking for Today (1977): Lamb Curry
Happy spring! I have another Dinner is Served dinner! I chose No. 184 because Mr. Sauce had a couple of his friends over for dinner. When he invites his friends over, I tend to make “safer” dinners. I’ll make my friends eat kidneys and milk chicken, but I don’t want to do that to hisContinue reading 184. Wine-Glazed Cornish Hens
The best thing to happen during the Holly Ball (aside from the majesty of Shrimp Sputnik ’18 and the fact that it was just a damn good party), was that I received a wonderful Christmas present from my dear friends, Dan and Jon–A set of the Woman’s Day Encyclopedia of Cookery (1966). Woman’s Day actuallyContinue reading Woman’s Day Encyclopedia of Cookery Vol. 11 (1966): Sausage-Apple Bake
Happy Mardi Gras! I do not go out for Mardi Gras because it is one of the high holy of drinking days–with St. Patrick’s Day, New Year’s Eve, Cinco de Mayo, and the Day before Thanksgiving because that’s when the amateurs are out. As you know, I went pro many years ago. So, since IContinue reading Mardi Gras Milk Punch
So, the blog has been quiet for a while now. If you follow my instagram or the facebook page, you know that the main reason is because Mr. Sauce, Esq. and I toured the southeast for our collective birthdays. And I think I’m still recuperating from it! We drove from Atlanta to New Orleans. 10Continue reading Artichoke Soup (1985)
Well, kittens, here I am again at jury duty! Goddamned Baltimore City gets me every year. Back in 2013 I picked up a guy at jury duty. I wrote about it (and some Veal Parmigiana) I tell the story about how I went out with him only once because he was too young for me. IContinue reading 159. Turkey Wings in Dill Sauce
It’s the last post of 2018! Earlier this month I had a Christmas party! Yes, Mr. Sauce and I decided to join forces and have the hap-hap-happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tapdanced with Danny Fucking Kaye. OK, it wasn’t that. But it was our first co-party and it was a swinging shindig–with a theme–BALLS! Yes,Continue reading Holly Ball 2018
I know I am in the minority when I say that I love “falling back.” I love the fact that I woke up refreshed and am writing this before 8am on a beautiful, sunny, blue-skied Sunday morning. It doesn’t bother me that the days get longer. It getting darker earlier makes me want to goContinue reading 185. Eggs Benedict
This week I’ve been sick with a bad cold and stayed home from work the majority of the week–which is good because I was at a very low-functioning level. Like, I could focus and do things in bursts, but then I’d nap for an hour. Or 3. I’m on the mend, I mean, I feelContinue reading BH&G Pies and Cakes: Strawberry Sunshine Pie (1966)
I’ve had a hard time wanting to write lately because I don’t want to do much of anything. Maybe because I have been tending to a sick cat all summer. Brian is perpetually congested. He has lost weight and, before his newest antibiotic, his face was covered in snot of many colors. His incessant wheezingContinue reading BH&G Meat Cook Book: Lamb Shanks (1971)
Since I was a small child, my dad has been telling me how delicious his mother’s stuffed artichokes were. I mean, a lot. This comes up every time I see them. So I finally decided to give them a shot. As for the recipe, My grandfather is a wee boy on the back of aContinue reading Italian American Favorite Recipes A.C.I.M.: Sicilian Artichokes
Now, after the fever dream that was 197. Pork Chops and Scalloped Potatoes, I present a more conventional post–one that a revolves around the act of cooking and the food. I even took detailed, time-stamped notes like I used to back in the day. Speaking of back in the day, I made this so long agoContinue reading 151. Baked Stuffed Redsnapper Fillets
Sooooooo, sometimes I will half-write a post, put it in my draft folder, and return to it at a much later date. This is definitely one of those instances. Yesterday I opened this post and had no idea what the hell I was reading. Turns out that what I discovered may be the greatest stream-of-consciousness/free-verseContinue reading 197. Pork Chops and Scalloped Potatoes
So I’ve been temporarily banned from Facebook because I shared the iconic Burt Reynolds’ 1972 Cosmopolitan spread. The photo apparently violates Facebook’s policy on nudity and sexuality. The same exact photo that has appeared on the Dinner is Served 1972 Facebook page multiple times over the past seven years. You all know it. Because itContinue reading That Cosmopolitan Man, Burt Reynolds
So, is it as hot wherever you are as it is here? We’re enjoying another Code Red Heat Alert Day here in Baltimore City. That basically means that no matter what you do, as soon as you get outside–you’re gonna have swamp ass. Triple degree heat indexes for everyone! I am currently enjoying central AC,Continue reading BH&G All-Time Favorite Salad Recipes: Crab-Stuffed Avocados (1984)
IT’S THE PIEATHALON! Can you believe it’s been 5 years? I can’t. I really can’t. In the five years since I’ve been the mastermind behind Pieathalon: Brian and I moved out of the old apartment (Seafoam Cantaloupe Pie) I bought a house and adopted Margot (Melton Mowbray Pie) I was the traumatized by said house andContinue reading 5th Annual Pieathalon: Kate’s Pie (1985)
I know what you’re thinking. Cooking chili in the middle of August? Yes, but: CROCK-POT! The most cooking I did was browning 2 sausage links and some ground beef (which served a dual purpose, as said meat will be featured in my upcoming PIEATHALON entry). I nixed the bacon because all I had was turkeyContinue reading Male Chauvinist Chili (1975)
