thirsty thursday | pimm’s cup
when we haven’t been drinking beer, which has been the norm lately, i’ve really been digging the more bitter cocktails…mostly negronis with some other gin concoctions thrown in the mix. i haven’t quite polished off the most recent bottle of campari, so i don’t know what possessed me to add another bottle of not so [...]
roasted peach crumble
i know, i know, i know. i’ve heard all the excitement brewing about the release of the pumpkin spice latte at starbucks. i know. & i get it. i love a good psl just as much as the next coffee addict, & the mister & i are both looking forward to football, fall beer, & [...]
locopops! mango chile popsicles
first order of business: locopops. if you’re ever in the triangle area, (they’re in raleigh, durham & chapel hill) get yourself there. {french tart & mexican chocolate on the first warm(ish) day of the year} based on the paleta, a mexican frozen treat, these cream & fruit based pops are sourced locally for their unique [...]
pear & taleggio panini
generally, sandwiches are not something for which a recipe is necessary. bread, condiments, cheese…not usually something that requires much instruction. but sometimes, just sometimes, there comes a combination of flavors & a little bit of technique that goes a bit beyond slapping some turkey between two slices of sandwich bread. this is one of those [...]
mango peach smoothie
august + nc = 100 degree days is H.O.T. outside, and that is a rare thing for me to say, since I am freezing most of the time. Oh, not today. For the better part of my college years, I worked at a smoothie shop. I had smoothies just about every day for 3 years. [...]
fresh summer cherry pie
It was my dad’s birthday about a month ago, and his favorite kind of cake is German chocolate, which is gag-worthy to everyone else in the family, so we usually end up with a big store bought cake, and no one to eat it, which is why I was determined (with the help of my [...]
cantaloupe tomato gazpacho
Back in business! There’s not much to this recipe at all. It sounds like a strange combination, but really, it’s good, and perfect for a hot summer day. It has bacon on top, too, and everything is better with bacon, right?!every so slightly adapted from Everyday Italian 10 slices proscuitto (I used bacon, since I [...]
