Anyone who knows me, knows that two of my favorite restaurants in DC are Toki Underground and Granville Moore’s. Both restaurants served as the inspiration for my coconut […]
RECIPE: Spicy Beef + Sausage Chili
This is hands down the best chili I’ve ever had, and it’s homemade! My mother and I found this recipe for Spicy Beef Chili a couple of years […]
RECIPE: Gingered Banana Pineapple Wontons
I am not a dessert person. I owned a catering business and farmed out the making of desserts to another company because I dislike making them so much. […]
DRINK RECIPE: Sazerac
While scores of tourists are throwing back hurricanes on Bourbon Street in celebration of Mardi Gras, many are unaware of New Orleans’ (and some say the United States’) […]
RECIPE: Extremely Addicting Peanut Butter Truffles
So you might think it’s weird that this recipe for Peanut Butter Truffles is coming after Valentine’s Day, but technically, every day should be Valentine’s Day, right? I’m […]
RECIPE: Cinnamon Chocolate-Chip Coffee Cake
After curling up with a bowl of homemade soup, you probably just want to keep on hibernating and take a piece of freshly baked cake with you, too. […]
RECIPE: Peri-Peri Buttermilk Chicken & Craft Beer
Devouring wings and beer is a rite of passage while watching football. Even though many establishments drown flour-less fried chicken in a variety of sauces and offer specials […]
RECIPE: Warm Up With A Bowl of Homemade Vegetable Soup
The freezing temperatures have been killing me lately and all I want to do these days is curl up with a big bowl of vegetable soup. Rather than […]
RECIPE: Homemade Chilaquiles Verdes
So I’ve been on a Spanish-Latin-Mexican-Venezuelan-what-have-you food kick recently, and it’s no wonder why – the cuisine, if done right, is always colorful, flavorful, delicious, and often cheap […]
RECIPE: Make Your Own Migas
On a lazy weekend morning, my breakfast at home will typically consist of something along the lines of toast and eggs, if I’m feeling up to exerting some […]