Vietnamese Caramel Chicken — chicken thighs braised in a sweet and spicy caramel sauce with jalapeños, ginger and scallions. Serve it with steamed veggies and rice and it’s a perfect weeknight dinner. I teach baking classes at a few different cooking schools around Cincinnati. When I wanted to start teaching, I proposed a pie class
3 Things to do in Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Whole Wheat Pound Cake with Strawberries and Cream
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Hot Honey and Soppressata Pizza
Hot Honey and Soppressata Pizza is an unexpected but perfect twist on a traditional pizza. Sweet, spicy and completely mind-blowing! When I tell people that I grew up in northwestern Ohio, they assume I grew up on a farm. It’s true that the area is agriculturally rich and Perrysburg is surrounded by fields and farm lands.
Frisch’s Big Boy – A Cincinnati Classic Gets a Makeover
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Travel Safety Tips — How to Make Any Trip Safer
Travel Safety Tips — Here are some suggestions for how to make any trip safer and how to be a smart and prepared traveler. In 2012, I was in Toulouse, France during a series of terrorist attacks. Over the course of a week, a man rode around the city on his motor bike and shot
Food with Friends Cookbook Review
My Food with Friends cookbook review is in partnership with Blogging for Books. They send me great cookbooks and I write honest reviews about them here. Food with Friends Cookbook Review What is Food with Friends about? Food with Friends is all about the art of simple gatherings. The author, Leela Cyd, shares recipes for small bites
Buttermilk Biscuits
Buttermilk Biscuits — This is my favorite recipe for flaky and tender buttermilk biscuits! These versatile biscuits are good for everything from biscuits and gravy to strawberry shortcake, or for just eating with some butter and honey or jam! Beaten biscuits… Touch of grace biscuits… super flaky biscuits… drop biscuits… All of these biscuits are delicious and
Istanbul Grand Bazaar Tour
On the Istanbul Grand Bazaar Tour with Culinary Backstreets, I ate my way through the city’s famous Bazaar Quarter and explored one of the largest covered markets in the world. I became obsessed with Istanbul after visiting the Turkish Embassy in Washington D.C. last spring. When I got the chance to travel to Turkey a few months
Iced Coffee Lemonade – Portuguese Mazagran
Iced Coffee Lemonade is a refreshing blend of cold brew coffee and freshly squeezed lemonade. It may sound a little strange, but it’s surprisingly delicious and a perfect drink for summer! Collective Espresso is my favorite coffee shop in Cincinnati. A few years ago, they introduced a new drink called espresso lemonade. It consisted of a