Halloween has gotten a little crazy this year at my apartment building. Last year, the decorations consisted of perhaps one string of lights and some scattered cobwebs. In 2009 however, without any discussion, every apartment around us has decided that this is the year to go all out. The windows surrounding us are covered in [...]

Be still my little mouse heart: This is the best chocolate cake I’ve ever made.

I know. That’s a bold statement. Especially from someone who bakes a fair amount of cakes. But, I mean, look at this thing:

And, it gets better. This cake also includes one of my other favorite things on this planet: Guinness stout.

If [...]

SPICED MINI CHEESECAKES
Portion control.  IF you can control yourself and eat just one!
I love cheesecake – and it’s so easy to make sugar free.  Tastes fabulous (gets better as it sits at least a day in the fridge) and takes no time to whip up …

As I state at the top of the home page (in poorly styled type at the moment…) almost none of the recipes that I’m highlighting in this blog are from me or my family – 99.9% of them are recipes that I have found at wonderful online cooking sites and blogs.  The recipes or posts look intriguing to me (or I have tried them and recommend them) and I think they might be interesting for others that are out looking around the web.  Sort of a consolidation of recipes that …

From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite…There are many versions of this classic Spanish tapa. This one comes from Valencia and it’s made with olive oil and a special paste of chilies, garlic, cumin, smoked paprika and vinegar. Patatas Bravas are as popu…

As it turns out, I’m a sucker for a good meatball. It’s a funny thing because ground meat has rarely done it for me; I’m certain I’m the lone American who doesn’t get in a frenzy over hamburgers or meatloaf. But something happens when you mi…

Yesterday I was flipping through my wife’s recipe book, and to my immense surprise I found my mom’s beef fry recipe written in Malayalam, my mother tongue. It turns out my mom had given my wife the recipe nearly four years back, and I had no clue about it. So I had to make it..after [...]

Pumpkin is my new best friend. I made cheesecake bars, I made whoopie pies, I made pancakes, and still I couldn’t get enough. I was on the hunt for a new and different pumpkin recipe to try when I came across these muffins.It was love at first sight.Y…

A while ago when I made the green tomato and jalapeno jam I had been planning on using it in a baked chicken dish but other things came up and I forgot about all it. I was rummaging through my fridge the other day when I came across a jar of the jam a…

Someone at work brought in 3 huge bags of hot peppers.I dried all of the red ones and then pickled the rest.These pickles are not for me!They are too HOT!They will be gifts.*wink* Don’t Be A Hero Pickled Peppers 3 lbs peppers6 cups vinegar2 cups water…