by perfectlittlebites | Dec 1, 2014 | Baking, Cooking, culinary, Dessert, Food, fruit, Jewish, Photography, restaurant, sweet, vegetarian
It’s been a while since I had noodle kugel, and decided I’d make a small one. I was first exposed to it through a Jewish roommate in college, and he shared his grandmother’s recipe with me. What I failed to notice until today was that like many...
by perfectlittlebites | Nov 30, 2014 | Alcohol, Assorted, Baking, chef, Cooking, Dessert, Food, health, Ice cream, Photography, Recipe, vegetarian
Sometimes it’s as easy as looking at the leftovers in your fridge. I had some dulce de leche from making pie, and an open bottle of blood orange ale from making beer cocktails. It was that easy. Knowing that I had a carton of vanilla ice cream/orange sherbet...
by perfectlittlebites | Nov 26, 2014 | Baking, cook, culinary, Dessert, Photography, pie, thanksgiving, vegetarian
Sometimes you find one recipe you like. Sometimes you find three. I always make a pumpkin pie for thanksgiving, and this year I was looking for something a little different. First, I found a recipe for Maple Pumpkin Brulee Pie by Saveur, and was sure I was going to...
by perfectlittlebites | Nov 10, 2014 | Assorted, Baking, Charcuterie, chef, cook, Cooking, culinary, Food, Photography
This weekend I finally made it down to The Shack in Staunton, VA, where chef Ian Boden is serving some really creative, contemporary Southern food. Here is a look at just a few of the dishes we had Warm Farro & Market Vegetable Salad – watercress – barrel aged...
by perfectlittlebites | Oct 5, 2014 | Assorted, Baking, Cooking, Dessert, Food, Gardening, health, Nutrition, Photography, Recipe, restaurant, vegetarian
Sometimes you start down one path, and end up going down a much more exciting one. I was working on some sage brown butter for a new dish. It was simple. I melted a few pounds of butter with a handful of fresh sage and an extra scoop of dry milk to boost the...
by perfectlittlebites | Sep 24, 2014 | Alcohol, Baking, Cooking, Dessert, Food, health, Nutrition, Photography, Recipe, restaurant, vegetarian
On Sunday I broke out the masa harina, thinking I was just going to add water and make tortillas. But we were serving Prime Rib, and had all this wonderful fat, so I thought I’d render some out and make tamale dough with it. And Sunday morning coffee seemed like...
