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VINTAGE FRENCH BREAKFAST PUFFS // VIDEO

Imagine if some mad scientist crossbred a muffin and a donut, dipped it in butter and rolled it in cinnamon sugar.  Well, then you’d have a French Breakfast Puff.  These little muffin-y donuts, (or maybe it’s donut-y muffins?) don’t look like much when they pop out of the oven.  They’re barely golden brown, and with their vintage origin, I thought […]
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VINTAGE INSPIRED CORN CHOWDER

Chowder is one of the oldest recipes in the American culinary canon. Salt pork (or bacon) and potatoes are a must – the rest can be negotiable depending on where you live. American regional cuisine has always been a fascination of mine.  All of those secret gems of recipes, popping up at church picnics and family reunions, are the culinary […]
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VINTAGE INSPIRED STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Thumbing through a new cookbook, I can’t help but feel anticipation and excitement, especially if I’m thumbing through an old new cookbook – like my newest purchase, The Picnic Book by Nika Hazelton, 1969. Filled with psychedelic illustrations against a jet set backdrop, it’s hard not to be swept away by Hazelton’s world of daytime luncheons across Europe. This recipe […]
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VINTAGE ORANGE BREAD

When I came across this vintage recipe, I was curious about how it would turn out. The name “Orange Bread” makes me think of pound cake, but this light yeast bread isn’t heavy or sweet. It’s actually begging to be toasted with a touch of marmalade on top. Or left stale and used for french toast? Or maybe even toasted […]
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VINTAGE SWEET POTATO BISCUITS

Sweet potatoes and the fall go together perfectly. Maybe it’s the autumnal coloring, or the slightly sweet and comforting aspects of this complex carbohydrate, but I always find myself wanting some the way some people get excited for a pumpkin spiced latte. So I always tend to have a bag of them knocking around the house, and considering my husband […]
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VIOLET HOUR

Who hasn’t wanted to drunkenly tell Harrison Ford, “I’ve got a head for business, and a bod for sin”?  Working Girl, if you haven’t seen it, is a fantastic movie, following Melanie Griffiths rise from Jersey secretary to Manhattan business woman. Sigourney Weaver is the villain, Harrison Ford is the love interest, 80s Alec Baldwin chest hair plays her skeevy […]
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WALNUT HERB PESTO WITH CRUDITES

I have a rule about hosting parties: 3 to 1.  For every one dish I need to serve ala minute (anything hot, or put together right before serving) I have three make ahead dishes.  This could be a cheese board, brownies, simple crostini, or, in this case, crudités.  Crudités is a classic French appetizer made of raw (or quickly blanched) […]
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WATERMELON JALAPENO SANGRIA

I have never met someone who doesn’t like watermelon. If you don’t like watermelon, and want to make yourself known, say hey in the comments…but for some reason I don’t think there will be a lot of you. Watermelon is just so damn good when it’s good. This sangria is simple, and plays on watermelon’s refreshing taste. Mint, lime, and […]
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WATERMELON MARGARITA

Watermelon always reminds me of my friend Christie, who went through a major pink and green phase in the beginning of college.  Not in a manic panic way, but in an adorable sweater and blouse, or socks and oxfords way. Currently, she’s channelling Janelle Monae + Solange, so you can imagine what a sartorial bad ass she is.  So this […]
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