It’s a real treat to come home to a hot meal on a Monday night, especially when it’s prepared by my husband! Nick made this one with love … and lots of spice. (I’m not kidding — it’s pretty spicy, so proceed with caution!)
Ingredients
1 lb boneless, skinless chicken, cut into small chunks
1 cup chopped onion
2 [...]
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T-minus 12 days until The Culinary Couple begins cohabitation! Until then, we continue to cook separately during the week.
Last Wednesday, after baking a scrumptious spiced apple cake and before enjoying a big slice, I adapted a ravioli recipe from the latest issue of Real Simple. It combines some of my favorite fall flavors: apples, pears, [...]
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Now that I no longer need to draw inspiration from wedding blogs (though I can’t quite drag myself away from all of them), I have turned my attention to food blogs. And last week the foodie blogosphere erupted with news that Condé Nast is ceasing publication of Gourmet.
Gourmet was the kind of food magazine that [...]
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Here’s a new recipe to add to your autumn rotation. We served ours with slow-cooked pork, broccoli, and pumpkin ale. Next time we’ll add more nutmeg, because you really can’t have enough of that spice during this time of year!
Ingredients
2 1/2 Tbsp Wegmans basting oil, divided (if you don’t have basting oil, use [...]
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If there’s any truth to the old adage, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” then there were a lot of healthy folks on Sunday at the National Apple Harvest Festival.
We ate apple sausages and drank apple cider. We brought home apple dumplings and apple butter. And if there had been time — and, [...]
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Nick introduced Emily to German cuisine early in the relationship. He was born in Germany and is quite fond of the savory meats, salty sides, spicy mustards, and dark lagers of Bavaria. He makes a mean Wienerschnitzel and taught Emily to appreciate Rotkohl. (Though he hasn’t yet convinced her to try Rouladen.)
Next year we plan [...]
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Last weekend we hosted an apartment full of friends for Penn State football. Conveniently, it was also Nick’s 27th birthday. It was cold and rainy at the tailgate, and the Nittany Lions lost to the Hawkeyes, but at least we had stout cupcakes to consume!
This is the first recipe we made from Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes [...]
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