The November 2009 Daring Cooks challenge was brought to you by Audax of Audax Artifex and Rose of The Bite Me Kitchen. They chose sushi as the challenge.
Sushi (寿司 or 鮨 or 鮓) is much appreciated for its delicate taste and exquisite appearance. Sushi actually means vinegar-ed rice, which is the essential ingredient in every [...]

Who would have thunkit that Spaghetti Squash could be so good with Shellfish!
The first time I every had shellfish with pasta was when we were in Italy three years ago (I would really like to go back someday with our kids and their families.). When I usually think of pasta, I think of red sauce with meat. [...]

Charleston was a delight and the food was absolutely wonderful and shrimp and grits is one of my favorites.
Shut my mouth! I declare! Butter my biscuit! I feel like I should be saying all these things about these Shrimp and Cheese Grits.
My daughter and I just returned from Charleston. This was our 4th  mother/daughter trip [...]

Hot tamales, hot tamales, get them while they’re hot!
I have so  many memories from growing up in a small town in Missouri. My hometown was about 7,000 people and not a Mexican restaurant in sight (not for at least 30 years). We used to go to town shopping and I remember a little man that [...]

Good friends, good wine, good food, what more could you want…
We had the perfect dinner a couple of weeks ago.   A good friend came over while her husband was out of town in Colorado.    We swam, cooked, ate, drank a lot of wine and had a deliciously good time.  We love cooking together and [...]