I’ve been in the Upper Peninsula or a little over seven months now, and Susan just over six. Along the way, we’ve made a few observations of how life is different up here in the Northwoods.
Read More →Detroit ‘Za – Who Knew?
So I grew up loving Chicago pizza – especially Gino’s East deep dish pizza. I even spent some time cooking pizzas at Gino’s North. It wasn’t affiliated (at all) with the venerable Gino’s East, but was just appropriating the name. So here comes Detroit pizza, something that I didn’t even know existed until this week. Susan says it’s sort of like Hammer’s Old World Sicilian pizza at Hammer’s General Feed Store in Galesburg, IL.
Read More →Sunday Gravy (slow cooked Bolognese)
When you want something low and slow (which is exactly what we wanted on a snow day!), this Italian meat sauce is the way to go!
Read More →Bourbon Eggnog
OMG. This eggnog is nothing like the premixed, store-bought crap. It is light, bourbony and spicy!
Read More →Empanadas with Cilantro Lime Crema
It occurred to us while making these the other night that Empanadas are like a spicy version of the Yooper Pasty … basically a meat pie!
Read More →Hopping on the Slow-Moving Hygge Bandwagon
One of the runners up for the 2016 Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year was hygge (pronounced hue-guh). It’s a Danish word with no direct English translation, but it seems like “mindful, purposeful coziness” is the core concept.
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