I have had blueberry and balsamic vinegar on my mind for years. No joke. A few years ago, I made a blueberry pie for my friend Sara’s birthday with a brown sugar and oat crumble topping. I never got a bite of it, but have been obsessed with the way the blueberries and balsamic vinegar …
Ingredient: ground black pepper
Elvis Puppy Chow
This recipe has me All Shook Up. And you know what? That’s All Right. I can guarantee that, pretty soon, this recipe will be Stuck on You as well. All right, all right. Done with the Elvis puns for now. Let’s get down to business. This puppy chow is addictive. Now, that’s not hard to believe when you take into account how …
Coffee, Sage, and Maple Millionaire’s Shortbread
Surprise, surprise. Another week and another return to some of my favorite obsessions: Glasgow/Scotland, coffee, and the Great British Bake Off. My introduction to Millionaire’s Shortbread came when I was 21 and studying in Glasgow. Every time I walked down Sauchiehall Street and into City Centre, I would walk by the window for Bradford’s Tea Room …
Maple Bacon Cookies
Bacon. It’s so good that even Michael Scott was willing to injure himself just to wake up to the smell of it cooking. There’s a craze surrounding it. Literally. There is a full Wikipedia page out there about bacon mania. We dip it in chocolate, wrap it around the outside of sandwiches, and even make …