Monthly Archives: October 2011

Balsamic Chicken Drumsticks with Soy Sauce and Honey

I had found three really tasty looking options on da Google for something new to try with chicken legs – all, not too, too sruprisingly, from some of the nice folk at Food Network. In the end, it was this … Continue reading

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Ketchup

Yesterday’s mail brought a PASSLE o’ catalogs – no doubt in anticipation of teh Season – and one, Signals, had this tee shirt (or sweat, if one is so inclined) emblazoned in large, friendly green letters: Relish today. Smaller, but … Continue reading

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A fine fall dinner

It was uniformly beautious around and about these parts this weekend, and we ventured out to take full advantage of all that beautiousness – mostly by getting up at (as friends of ours would put it) the butt-crack of dawn … Continue reading

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Sourdough Boules – for reals!

When first we lit up this new, improved version of buzzyfoods.com, a comment was made about how prominent “sourdough” was in the word cloud generated by said new, improved blog software-thingy (thingy-software?). This post will do little to mitigate that … Continue reading

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Parfait! Mom’s Lasagna – now with Linguiça!

We had houseguests, and I wanted an easy dinner that could be tossed together in advance, then just heated and served when needed – a perfect time for my version of my mom’s lasagna – not to be confused with … Continue reading

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Chicken with Artichokes ‘n Stuff

This recipe was actually called “Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Fontina, Artichokes, and Sun-Dried Tomatoes” by Amy Finley and the nice folk at Bon Appétit – but I bagged the Fontina for some perfectly lovely Iberico already in my cheese drawer, … Continue reading

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Indonesian Grilled Swordfish Steak

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know I am a pretty big fan of the contessa; whether I’m making blue cheese dip (that doubles as a NICE! salad dressing), sticky toffee date cake, or my almost-always-ready-to-go maple … Continue reading

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Buttermilk Meatloaf

Sometime fairly early in last season’s Next Food Network Star, Mary Beth Albright wowed the judges (and intrigued me) with a meatloaf made with panko crumbs soaked in buttermilk. Quick like a bunny, I got me to da Google to … Continue reading

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Wedding Weekend

I was going to do a post on this really nice Indonesian Swordfish recipe I tried, but, it’s the end of a long and busy weekend, and I still have stuff to do and people to see – so let’s … Continue reading

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Tuscan Shortbread

There are cookies that take a lot of fussing, and there are cookies that don’t. These are one of those. Like the Angeletti, these little bits o’ crunchy, nutty goodness require no electric mixers or chilling or rolling out or … Continue reading

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