As stated before, I hate making pancakes. But these pancakes looked so good, and I really wanted to try them. Instead I did a little research on the difference between pancake and waffle batter. I couldn't find a good article written by an authoritative source with the differences, but after reading some discussion threads, I found some...

When I saw this recipe on foodgawker from Closet Cooking, I knew this was something I would be making very soon. Not only does it include some of my favorite seasonal ingredients (I used a combination of pumpkin puree blended into the cheese mixture and butternut squash because I couldn't decide which I'd rather include), but it has an amaretti...

The last year has been one of incredible change in our lives. It was almost exactly one year ago that Dustin and I were celebrating Dustin's birthday (a few days late) and contemplating acceptance of his new job out here at Reef. How fitting it was we were eating at seafood restaurant as we were contemplating moving to Seattle, also known as a...

I wish we could take credit for making this meal. When DiGiorno's says "It's not delivery, It's DiGiorno's" and thinks they've mastered frozen pizza, obviously they haven't tasted Lou Malnati's, which you can get shipped from my birthplace of Chicago to anywhere in the US. Their frozen pizza, hands down, beats every single pizza place we ever...

John Howie Steak knows how to do a steak right. After last year's indulgent, steak filled eating fest courtesy of the birthday dinner from Dustin's parents at Bohanan's in San Antonio, Dustin was itching for a well cooked steak from an actual steakhouse. We've been there once for a delicious Happy Hour, and ever since Dustin has been talking...

This bread is more banana than strawberry, therefore I called it banana strawberry bread. However Dustin informed me that name was wrong and it should be called strawberry banana bread, like a smoothie. We always have bananas in the house, so I'm always making banana bread. I never make the same recipe twice because there are so many good...

We tried Purple Cafe— Bellevue once when we first moved here and had a pretty good experience. We got some calamari as an appetizer, and we each got sandwiches with a glass of wine. We also left with a pretty big bill. The food was great, but we didn't feel our casual meal justified the price. That's why when we saw Purple Cafe was...

Hands down. Best. French. Toast. EVER. Good French Toast starts with good bread, which is probably why this French Toast was so delicious. However, I think I'm going to take credit and say it was my amazing cooking skills. Knowing we were making our favorite French Toast this week in celebration of Dustin's birthday, we stopped at Macrina...

Happy birthday, Dustin! Today Dustin has entered his mid-twenties (or at least that's what he informed me when I turned 22). Welcome to the club. I have always been a little of jealous of Dustin. At a very young age he found his life’s passion, computer programming. Even though it just started out that way, programming has become more than just...

Happy Halloween! Inspired by this post, Dustin and I decided to make a Halloween bark from some of America's favorite candy bars and the most ubiquitous Halloween treat around, candy corn, to take to a party. I never really thought about making any kind of bark besides the Christmastime goody, peppermint bark, but now that I think about it, it...