How yinz all holding up? Have you lost your damn minds yet? This morning I realized that I’ve been home for 6 weeks. I’m still deciding how to react to that. What you been doing to fill the hours (aside from consuming copious amounts of streaming content)?
Spring is in full bloom and that means that it’s artichoke season! We are very lucky in that we’ve been able to get our hands on fresh artichokes a few times during quarantine, so I decided to continue my quest to recreate the stuffed artichokes that my dad will wax poetic about on occasion. IContinue reading One Stuffed Large Artichoke: The Elenian Club Cookbook (1985)
FUN FACT!I looooove liver and onions! I have since I was a kid (I was an odd child). This DiS has been a long time in the making. I already wrote about the Sunset Salad and Lemon Pudding Squares that accompanied #182. I made this dish when I went back home at theContinue reading 182. Liver ‘N Onions
Another dish from earlier in 2019–I couldn’t even tell you when. But I will tell you that this here is the easiest and tastiest guacamole recipe ever, and the one that I will be using from now until the day I die.
Well, it happened. I am officially working from home for (at least) the next 2 weeks. And what did I say in my last post? I said that if I were working from home, I’d be enjoying some Bloody Marys. Here’s a recipe that I tried weeks ago, but that doesn’t mean I won’t tryContinue reading The Pleasure of Blending: Bloody Mary (1970)
How ya doing? Are your schools closed? Are you self-quarantine-ing? Deep cleaning your house? Building a bomb shelter? Panic shopping? Speaking of panic shopping, have you been to the store recently? I went to the supermarket yesterday, which was not the best decision–the parking lot was like something out of Mad Max. Cars wereContinue reading 2-in-1 International Recipe Card Collection for Mixed Drinks and Hors D’Oeurves (1977): Bloody Mary
Another Dinner is Served 1972 recipe card, and another dish that I basically have no recollection of because I made it back in May. Yes, MAY. I am nearing the one-year mark for some of these posts. Ridiculous! THIS is why I’m asking yinz to get on my ass if I don’t post at leastContinue reading 190. Chicken Fried Steak
I’ve been intending to make the Velveeta Jellygrill Sandwich for months now. On my week off, I finally made it.
Happy Fat Tuesday!* I made a New Orleans classic for the occasion. At least a “classic” is how it’s described in The Frugal Gourmet Cooks American**. It’s in the New Orleans chapter. Never having this dish before, I had no idea what to expect (although don’t they sometimes call tartar sauce remoulade?)*** So I amContinue reading New Orleans Shrimp Remoulade (1986)
FUN FACT! According to Mint Juleps with Teddy Roosevelt: The Complete History of Presidential Drinking, by Mark Will-Weber, one of JFK’s preferred alcoholic beverage is the Bloody Mary. So this post has inadvertently become a Presidents Day post, one day late. Furthermore, I had no idea about the Bloody Mary connection when I wrote aboutContinue reading Smirnoff Dill Mary (1971)
This is the second “preview dish” for the upcoming 182. Liver ‘N Onions. And it’s the second one featuring Jell-O for National Jell-O Week! Here is the menu from 182. Earlier this week, I presented the Sunset Salad that subbed for a Perfection Salad and here is Lemon Pudding Squares, taking the place of the CherryContinue reading The Joys of Jell-O: Lemon Pudding Squares (1981)
This dish is part of an upcoming DiS1972 dinner–Liver ‘N Onions.
I made brunch! Over the summer (yes, the summer), I hosted some of Mr. Sauce’s friends for a Sunday Brunch. Although, I was wary of this one–baking eggs that were already hard boiled–but this was flat-out yummy. I just wish that I had better pictures of it. To be honest, I just wish I hadContinue reading 181. Gourmet Eggs
Happy Lunar New Year! To celebrate the new year (and my upcoming birthday) Mr. Sauce took me out on Saturday night for Korean BBQ and to see the new Nicolas Cage movie. If you like Nicolas Cage, horror, camp, and alpacas, boy is this the movie for you! I wouldn’t say that it is necessarilyContinue reading Lunar New Year Snicky Snacks (1982)
FYI, January is National Soup Month. I have wanted a copy of this book for quite some time. Essentially since I stumbled upon this picture about 9 years ago: So many questions: Where did this picture come from? Why is Sophia Loren holding big utensils to her face? Why does she look so damn sad?Continue reading Sophia Loren’s Minestrone (1972)
So we’re at that point again where I’m going through my camera roll and my notes and rediscovering all of the recipes I’ve made over the last year but never got to posting. (Holly Ball 2019 will remain in the vault until the 2020 holiday season).
So back in 2019 (one week ago) I was invited to a New Year’s Eve party at the home of some of Mr. Sauce’s dear college friends. Me, being me, I always have to bring something to a party–and if it’s a dish from my collection of cookbooks, that’s even better. But what to choose?Continue reading Happy New Year! Sherry Wine Cheese Spread (1980)
Do you ever have a OMG I need to eat that craving but then realize that you don’t have the money to go out to dinner so you gotta do it yourself? Well, that was me with this Marsala dish. Big craving and I already had chicken and mushrooms on hand. So I had theContinue reading Veal (Chicken) alla Marsala (1978)
