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Perfectly Melty Fondue
I love cheese. Melted cheese is even better. Melted cheese on bread is about as close to heaven as I think I can get. I’m also very much an 8-year-old at heart, and love food that’s fun to eat. This is the fondue that my mom used to make when I was a kid. After [...]
Crab Rangoon Dip
Crab rangoons have to be one of the best appetizers ever made. (In fact, we probably have one of the only dogs on the planet who comes running when offered one.) My mother’s hot crab dip is basically a dippified version of a crab rangoon filling. It’s amazing with fresh crab—or canned (so shoot me, [...]
Koi Plates
Normally, I like really plain plates, to keep the focus on the food, but these are really nice. Koi in a Fountain dessert plates are available online from Anthropologie for $12 *** Copyright 2008 The Hungry Mouse™/Jessica B. Konopa. All rights reserved.
A few good pointy things
We have a lot of sharp things lying around the house. In fact, one of the first things we did when we moved was hang up the knife racks. Of all the knives we have (these are just a few), it turns out that we actually only use a few. I suspect a lot of [...]
Best Vanilla Extract
It’s hard to find a good vanilla extract that has strong, true flavor—and doesn’t cost a million bucks. Vanilla is the most expensive spice in the world after saffron, mainly due to how manually intensive production is. The plants are pollinated by hand, and take about five years from the time they are planted before [...]
