Musical pairing – Days Like This by Over The Rhine I wouldn’t call myself the most spontaneous of people. I tend to plan more than I act on impulse, I (generally…) finish my schoolwork on time, and often I find the idea of “playing it by ear” more stressful than […]
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AVERY’S BLOOMINGTON BITES – PAN de SAL AT SWEET CLAIRE’S
Musical pairing – A Sort of Fairy Tale by Tori Amos I am absolutely thrilled to have Avery join us as a regular contributor here at Smith Bites; in fact, we’ve created a new category called ‘Bloomington Bites’ because she’s going to be blogging about college life, what she’s studying, […]
A VALENTINE DELIVERY & QUINOA AND BEET PANCAKES
Musical pairing – New Kid In Town by The Eagles All I remember about that particular Valentine’s day is his downy-fuzz blonde hair and tiny little hands wrapped inside white flannel mittens decorated with red hearts. It had been a challenging delivery with labor starting and stopping the entire week […]
VIRGINIA’S COUNTRY HAM CHEDDAR BISCUITS
Musical pairing – Country Strong by Gwyneth Paltrow I would have to say that one of the perks of being a food blogger is having the opportunity to be surrounded by so many fabulous home-cooks as well as meeting some mighty fine chefs – and let me just tell you, […]
8-HOUR BUTTER-BRAISED ONIONS
Musical pairing – Tears of a Clown by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Here’s the deal . . . when Virginia Willis says that you need to buy a particular cookbook, pay attention . . . pay close attention and do exactly what she’s telling you to do. Why? Well, […]
WALKING ON SUNSHINE & MEYER LEMON CURD
Musical pairing – Walking on Sunshine by Katrina & The Waves If you saw this post then you’ll know how fortunate I am to have great blogging friends – especially blogging friends who live on the west coast in Southern California and who have Meyer lemon trees growing in their […]
SO EASY CHEESE SOUFFLE
Musical pairing – Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival SMITH BITES NOTE: On the musical pairing above, my father-in-law was a big fan of CCR and played quite a bit of it when The Professor was growing up; however, The Professor would sing, ‘don’t go around tonight, well it’s […]
GARLICKY TORTELLINI SOUP WITH KALE
Musical pairing – Perfect To Me by Al Green We’re year-round soup fans here at Smith Bites – chilled soups during the warmer months and hot soups during the winter months. And with just a few exceptions, we make them from scratch using common pantry and/or ingredients I have tucked […]
GUEST POST – THE PROFESSOR’S STICKY BUNS
Musical pairing – All I Want For Christmas Is You by Lady Antebellum “Sometimes you just gotta have a Sticky Bun!” Hi, this is The Professor, and those were the first words out of my mouth when we woke up Sunday morning. Classes are over for the semester and […]
MOM’S VANILLA FUDGE WITH WALNUTS
I’m not really sure where my mom got this recipe but I remember her making it every Christmas we lived in Walla Walla in the little house on Ankeny Street. I remember the tiny galley kitchen with the light blue painted cabinets, white electric stove and the shiny Waring dutch […]
CROSBY & TAYLOR GIVEAWAY & RUM RAISIN SHORTBREAD
Musical pairing – Silver Bells by Jim Brickman WE HAVE A WINNER! TRACY, who said, ‘I love the pewter measuring cups and the dog treat jars at Crosby & Taylor!’ Tracy, contact me with your address so I can get this beautiful measuring spoon set out to you! I have […]