I'm purposely letting bananas go brown on my counter, because my current kitchen obsession is developing an awesome hefty muffin recipe. I want something with more heft than my banana bread, fluff...

I can't suggest strongly enough to shop at ethnic markets (if you have them). We don't realize quite how many foods have been synthesized into grocery store standards, and how overpriced they are!...

Figures - I had just posted on the Thursday giveaway that I had never done anything savory with chocolate, and then up comes this! I've had cincinnati chili before, but never made "right" at home ...

I always have the makings for amazon cake in my pantry (so much better than any store cake mix!), but I've never made a frosting to really complement it. Maybe a mint frosting with dark chocolate ...

As much as pho is the greatest soup in my life, a pot like this would merit chicken and dumplings. *purrs*

For a while my father would make kielbasa baked with sauerkraut and potatoes, and they were the best potatoes you could eat in winter. But at some point, the recipe stopped working - we never wrot...