Happy New Year!
Ever wonder what the Times Square Ball looks like up close? This year, the famous sphere gets a stylish update with brand new Waterford Crystal Sparklers. Because, you know, Swavroski is so 2011. Happy...
View ArticleThe Daring Kitchen January Cooks’ Challenge: Red Chili Pork and Poblano and...
As many of you know, I signed up a few months ago to participate in the The Daring Kitchen‘s monthly challenges. The basic premise of the Daring Kitchen is that you sign up for one of two groups: The...
View ArticleColcannon and Irish Bacon
I’m not really the kind of person to post Irish dishes simply because it’s Saint Patrick’s Day. In all honesty, this meal came about from searching for something to accompany the nice Irish bacon that...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving!
Just something to make you smile this turkey day. Happy Thanksgiving! Isn’t this hat awesome? Get your poultry on at Fred Flare.
View ArticleCyber Monday: My Takedown Maple-Candied Bacon and Spiced Pecan Nougat Is Now...
Just in time for the holidays! This addictive combination of maple sugar-candied bacon, Ancho chili and cayenne pepper-spiced pecans, and Bourbon nougat was created for the Brooklyn Bacon Takedown with...
View ArticleTickets still left to see me at the Brooklyn Cookie Takedown on December 16!
As if I didn’t learn my lesson the last time . . . I will be competing in this year’s Brooklyn Cookie Takedown! Just like the Brooklyn Bacon Takedown: 300 samples, but minus the bacon. Come out and...
View ArticleUpdate: Brooklyn Cookie Takedown 2012
Who’s so awesome? MISO AWESOME!!!!!!! My Takedown cookie entry was: white chocolate chips + white miso + wasabi peas + tamari almonds. Even though I didn’t win with that crazy combination, I had a...
View ArticleAuld Lang Syne: Goodbye 2012, Hello 2013
Like many of you, I received an email from WordPress today with a statistical review of my past year blogging. In 2012, my most popular post was my rant reflection on the then recently-published book,...
View ArticleMiso Awesome Cookies
For my first post of the new year, I am going to wrap up the remainder of business from the last: my Miso Awesome Cookies! Come to think of it, this post should actually be called: Dr. Daisy or: How I...
View ArticleHappy Chinese New Year! Gung hei fat choi!
Wishing you all a wonderful and prosperous Chinese New Year’s Day! This is the Year of the Snake and this year’s animal is a water snake, specifically a female black water snake. I’m not exactly sure...
View ArticleGuest Post from Brie: A Mother’s Day Story and A Special Perfume Pairing +...
A note from Daisy: After the warm and wonderful reception to Brie’s last Perfume Pairings Guest Post, I have asked her to contribute another one in honor of Mother’s Day. In about a week, I will...
View ArticleA Holiday Tradition from Me to You: Ye Olde Sizzling Bacon Yule Log
How many of you remember The Yule Log Show on television? To those unfamiliar with it, the Yule Log Show was a program traditionally aired on American network television on Christmas Day from about...
View Article♥ Happy Valentine’s Day ♥: Grilled Beef Heart with Celeriac Slaw
The first time that I ever had beef heart was at St. John’s Bread and Wine in London. It was two summers ago and I was wandering around Spitalfields on a single-origin chocolate bar search. Suddenly,...
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