Eric provided a photo of the finished product yesterday, but here's a few prep shots of my first attempt at roasting chicken on the grill. I used hickory chips to smoke the chicken over low heat....
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Yum!
Leandra will post more pics later, but here is what she's been working on this afternoon: Hickory Roasted Chicken My stomach has been rumbling for about an hour with the wonderful smells...
making pesto
Every spring I look forward to planting basil seeds so I can replenish my supply of frozen pesto. I make a ton, freeze portions into ice cube trays, then pop the cubes into a freezer bag. Voilà!...
pierogies
I've spent the last two weeks going through all my old Cooking Light magazines to tear out the recipes I would like to try and recycling the rest. Last night I came across a potato pierogi recipe...
BBQ in KC!
fortune telling
When we lived in Georgia, we tried take-out from several Chinese food restaurants. Unfortunately, none of them seemed to understand that you simply cannot mix the fried sweet and sour chicken...
crispy and chocolatey, mmm!
The theme for our Supper Club this month was Italian and in the past I have been sticking with Cooking Light recipes (since that's the message board we all met on). However, I am all for easy and...
dining in Tempe
Before we go on trips, we always locate at least a handful of possible restaurants to try. This seems to lessen the chance that we'll just duck in somewhere awful because we are tired of walking...
Our Itinerary
2025 Trips
Tampa Bay, FL (Jan)
Buenos Aires, Argentina (Feb)
Villa la Angostura, Argentina (Feb)
Bariloche, Argentina (Feb)
Iguazu Falls, Argentina + Brazil (Feb)
Miami, FL (Feb)
Richmond, VA (Mar)
Boston, MA (Apr)
Kathmandu, Nepal (May)
Bhutan (May)
Doha, Qatar (May)
Bristol + London, UK (Jul)
Long Island, NY (Jul)
Slovenia (Sep)
Treviso, Italy (Sep)
Bologna, Italy (Sep)
Turin, Italy (Oct)
2024 Trips
San Diego, CA (Jan)
Sarasota, FL (Feb)
Madrid, Spain (Mar)
Valencia, Spain (Mar+Apr)
Palma, Mallorca (Apr)
Croatia (May)
Long Island, NY (July)
Faroe Islands (Aug)
London, UK (Sept)
Puglia, Italy (Sept)
Matera, Italy (Oct)
Rome, Italy (Oct)
Mosel Valley, Germany (Oct)
Frankfurt, Germany (Oct)
London + Manchester, UK (Dec)
2023 Trips
San Diego (Jan)
Orlando (Feb)
Richmond, VA (Apr)
Northern Italy (Apr)
NC Mountains (May)
Long Island (Jul)
Wisconsin (Aug)
Chicago (Aug)
Oak Island, NC (Sept)
Brooklyn, NY (Sept)
Bordeaux + Rugby World Cup (Sep)
Castilla y León (Sep)
Seychelles (Nov)
Willamette Valley (Dec)