You know how there are certain dishes that you will almost always order if they’re on the menu wherever you go out to eat? Like, maybe you can’t turn down steak tartare, or duck breast, or chicken and waffles, or maybe it’s New York…
Dwight Schrute was onto something. No, really. Hear me out. I know that people joke about eating beets the way that they joke about eating liver and onions. The proverbial gross food. I get it. I used to hate them, too. They’re definitely kind…
Sometimes you just want some soup. Maybe it’s cold outside, or maybe you’ve just had a crappy week and you’re looking for a hug from a big bowl of warm comforting broth. Let me suggest this soup as a nice alternative to the usual…
It’s not even Thanksgiving yet and folks are already out here putting up Christmas decorations and dusting off their Amy Grant Christmas CD. Like, come on, can’t we at least get through November before we start playing Mariah Carey on repeat and showing Santa’s…
It’s Sunday afternoon, do you know where your chicken sandwich is? Well it ain’t at Chick-fil-A, now is it? Did you know that each Sunday, the collective groan emanating from people all over the Southeast just wanting some tasty chicken sandwiches can be heard…
Here’s the deal. I didn’t grow up eating chicken and dumplings. I legitimately don’t think that my parents ever made them. I don’t think that their parents ever made them. I used to chalk that up to the fact that chicken and dumplings are…
Hey! You carving the pumpkin! Step away from the garbage can! Don’t throw those seeds away. If you haven’t tried roasting your own pumpkin seeds, you’re seriously missing out.…
If you were to ask Annie what my eating habits were like at home, she’d probably describe it as if the Cookie Monster one day decided that cookies were just not that interesting to him anymore because he’s discovered crackers, potato chips, and other…
I am here to introduce one of my very favorite side dishes ever. Yes, I love carbs and will never turn down mashed potatoes, couscous or mac and cheese, but this dish has my heart in a way that few others do.…
I have a confession. I don’t eat red meat. It’s a long story, but it has been probably nine years since I abruptly stopped eating it, and I can’t say that I miss it at all. Except… The one thing that I do still…
A few months ago, I was scrolling through Instagram at 3am, as is my habit, (and I wonder why I’m tired in the morning) when I got a targeted ad for Misfits Market. I swear, Instagram targeted ads stare into your GD SOUL. How…
I know so many people who hate salmon. I have a theory that it’s not the salmon they hate, it’s that they hate poorly cooked salmon. I get it. Overcooked salmon is the worst. It is almost crumbly and somehow super fishy. Gross. Nobody…
I absolutely love mashed potatoes, but I have to admit that I wasn’t totally thrilled with making them this time. They’re delicious, but they just seem so… cold weather-ish? I’m not an “OMG! PSL, sweaters, Ugg boots and scarves!!” kind of gal. I’m always…
Let’s be honest, meatloaf isn’t exactly some high brow cuisine. It’s a dish meant to stretch a little bit of protein a long way for not that much money. I mean, you put ketchup on it for Pete’s sake. So why in the hell…
Say it with me now: arancini. Air-uhn-chee-knee. Maybe you’ve heard of it, maybe you haven’t. If you haven’t, let me tell you now, you are seriously missing out. Call it the Italian version of fried macaroni and cheese balls, these bad boys are breaded…
Don’t you just hate it when your cheese drawer is filled with little bits of cheeses, just haunting you every time you open the fridge like orphaned ghosts of charcuterie boards past? No? Just us? Well, as self-proclaimed cheese enthusiasts, we are apt to…
In keeping with my theory that everyone should have a few recipes that they can throw together in the event of a surprise guest, I bring you the easiest fruit dessert on the planet.…
In this world, there are two different types of people. Brinner people and anti brinner people.…
I am not one of these guys that’s all about ‘grill life’ or whatever the hell you want to call it. I mean, sure, I like cooking on the grill every once in a while, but I’m not dedicating every ounce of culinary energy…
It has been well-documented that we love pasta around this house. You might say that it is out love language. It is easy, inexpensive, makes amazing leftovers. What’s not to love? In fact, Shaun bought me pasta-shaped necklaces for our anniversary. After eleven years…
Yes, you read that right. Krab, also known as crab with a ‘k’, also known as imitation crab meat, also known as Alaskan pollock. But don’t be so quick to turn away from this recipe. I mean, we’re talking about poke bowls here, not…
Ah yes, the always reliable emergency weeknight dinner: pizza. It never disappoints. Hell, even when you get crappy pizza, it’s still not really all that bad. And let me tell you, this is an equal opportunity pizza household, we’re no pizza snobs (I see…
It is no secret that we’re big fans of pasta dishes around these parts. We eat it all. Long, short, creamy, tomatoey, oily…To be honest, we don’t discriminate much, other than that we’re not huge fans of jarred sauces (Mid’s being perhaps our only…
Hi. We’re The Duncans, and we’re hopeless Millennials. (Hi Duncans.) It has been three days since our last avocado. (Unenthusiastic clapping.)…
Leftovers. They’re an Olympic sport in this house. You’d think that over a decade in catering would have deadened me to food waste, but I just can’t stand it. I am literally that mom who says “There are starving children who would love to…