Everyone knows that pregnant ladies have cravings. Most assume those cravings are for strange combinations (i.e. pickles and ice cream), but honestly, it’s not been that way for me. My cravings arise when someone talks about a specific food, or I see a specific food in a TV commercial or Food Network show, and then [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Comfort Food category.
Foodbuzz 24×24: South Meets West
Most of my childhood was spent in the Midwest, but I moved to North Carolina when I was 15 and stayed until I was 28. Those formative years yielded a deep appreciation for Southern cuisine, and now that I live on the west coast I often lament the fact that authentic country delicacies are hard [...]
Family + Dinner
Next week, I’ll go for a very important ultrasound. In addition to checking the baby’s growth and ensuring that all organs are developing and functioning as they should be, this ultrasound will also tell us whether our little one is a boy or a girl. If pregnancy hasn’t seemed real to this point, it certainly [...]
Too Easy
I’m usually wary of recipes that promise huge shortcuts in traditionally labor-intensive dishes. Usually, such dishes are labor intensive because they need a little extra time and effort to become something spectacular. Risotto is a prime example of this; you stir and stir and stir to release starch and give the dish its trademark creamy [...]
Black Hole
The concept of time changes radically once you’re pregnant. The days drag in the beginning as you’re waiting for that first doctor’s appointment, or waiting for the all-clear to tell everyone your happy news. And I’m sure time moves just as slowly near the end of this journey when you’re huge and uncomfortable and ready [...]
