Christina | July 20, 2011

  As the person in your life who loves to miniaturize your favorite desserts, I should have made these mini pies in muffin cups for y’all sooner.  I apologize for that. This is my new favorite way to eat pie because it cooks in half the time of a regular pie.  There’s plenty of room [...]

Category: Pies and Cobblers | 33 Comments »
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Christina | July 14, 2011

Most of the time, our first venture into cooking involves following a recipe.  Sometimes it’s our mother’s recipe, sometimes it’s from a cookbook, or other times we’re simply reading the back of a box.  I remember the first recipe that called me into the kitchen.  It was a recipe for minestrone soup.  It called for almost [...]

Category: Frozen Treats | 29 Comments »
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Christina | July 10, 2011

  When I moved to California, I learned 3 things very quickly: 1)   A whole, steamed artichoke is a complete dinner.  Be sure to dip each leaf in mustard butter between sips of white wine for the full the experience.  My best friend Esther taught me this on day 5 of living in California.  Someday, I’ll share the story [...]

Category: Drinks for Two | 18 Comments »
Tags: cocktails for two, Drinks for two, flor de Jamaica, hibiscus, peaches, sangria, small pitcher of sangria, Tex-Mex, wine