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 [...]
