Archive for October, 2008

thai basil chicken fried rice

Our very first recipe share comes from none other than the princess of the Thai kitchen, Cathleya. Now, I don’t know about you, but I get fierce Thai cravings every now and then… it’s definitely my grown-up Chinese food. She’s been throwing this recipe around for ages to friends, and now that she shared it [...]

time to dress up!

Happy Halloween everyone — from the puppy who is dreading her monkey costume tonight.
Mr. M’s original costume plan is still in play, despite the lack of blonde flowing locks, and I’ll share a photo once I get one. As for me, well, I’m taking the lazy route this year since we’re handing out candy for [...]

a bit of midweek nosh

In anticipation of the first recipes heading up tomorrow (OMG you guys are GREAT!!!), I thought I’d share an easy/quick/oh so yummy appetizer I made yesterday. I can honestly say that I’m fully addicted to fig spread (I blame Patina group restaurants for always having it on their cheese plates), so when I saw this [...]

calendar word play

I pretty much adore Noa Bembribre’s calendars every year… and each year I say that I’m going to make my own version… and don’t. But since hers is 32 Euros (+ shipping), I might just have to get cracking on some word fun myself!

will someone buy me a real lighter?

Last night, the pumpkin carving extravaganza began before I even got home… as Mr. M had already tried out the pumpkin carving knifes and gotten to work on his coyotes. Then, he quickly whipped out his toothy grinning pumpking and said, “Ok… your turn!”  After I finished up with dinner, I settled on trying to [...]

dressing up the entry table

Our entry table has lots of orange on it already to match the walls, but I think I’ll make a couple of these tonight to tie around some extra IKEA glasses and drop a small votive in there as well!
Then, at least, it will feel like Halloween inside and out!