Yearly Archives: 2009
(Contest now closed, drawing on Monday) Enter to Win Jamie Oliver’s Nintendo DS Game!
To celebrate our 200th post this week, we're holding our first-ever contest!
The prize brings together two of our favorite things here at The Mouse House: Cooking and...video games! (My friends will tell you that...
Oreo & Irish-Cream Milkshake
OK, I have no excuses for this one. It's evil—and oh-so-delicious.
It's rich. It's creamy. It's packed with crushed Oreo cookies and laced with booze. It's one part dessert and one part cocktail. (And kind...
Rustic, Family-Style Pork with Red Sauce
This is a fabulous way to feed a crowd on a budget.
Pork shoulder is a tough cut of meat, so it's generally on the cheaper side. (In fact, this is the same cut of...
Pomegranate-Orange Sorbet
When I was just a little mouse, my mom occasionally got me a pomegranate as a treat. It was fun to open, got you properly sticky and covered with ruby-colored juice, and glistened with...
One Potato, Two Potato, Part 2: Duck Fat Hash Browns
What's the best thing about making duck for dinner? The leftover duck fat. At least, so says The Mouse.
What's even better? Using that fat to fry potatoes. Mmmm, mmm, mmm. Right now, I'm not...
Rib of the Week: Short Ribs Braised in Red Wine
This is my take on classic boeuf Bourguignon, a traditional French dish of beef braised in Burgundy wine, then garnished with mushrooms and small white onions.
(Wine not your thing? Try my Guinness-Braised Short Ribs...
Two Chocolate-y Valentine’s Treats: Candy & Cocktails, Oh My!
Valentine's Day is approaching. Love it or hate it, it's a fabulous excuse to indulge in a few sweets. Here are recipes for two devilishly delightful chocolate-y treats.
Chocolate-Covered Peanut Butter Hearts
(Peanut-butter cup and pretzel...
Basic Cooking: The Secret to Perfectly Cooked Hard-Boiled Eggs
Hard-boiled eggs? How about *hardly* boiled eggs? Now that's more accurate. (And that's also the secret to perfectly cooking them.)
I make hard-boiled eggs the way my mother does. And she uses the same basic...
Super Bowl Recipe Roundup: 20 Game-Day Nibbles
Pizza, meatballs, wings, ribs, cookies, and ice cream sundaes and floats? Yes, please!
With Super Bowl weekend just around the corner, here are links to some of our favorite game-day nibbles and noshes here at...
Blood Orange Cocktail
Um, yum! Seriously? The blood orange has to be one of the loveliest fruits on the planet.
And in typical Mouse-House style, we found a way to enjoy it in one of our very favorite...