I know, I know! No posts in a long while…been busy, and lately had a run of migraines. Ecch. Quick preview shot (a real, full post to come later, I promise) of this week’s big experiment: a pork roast using local pork from Malama Farms, purchased at the fabulous Whole... Read More

Apparently, today was National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day. So in honor of the great Grilled Cheesus, I will finish up this post that I’ve left sitting in limbo for nearly a month. Hey, sometimes procrastination pays off! I grew up in a cheese-less home. Oh, come on, it’s not that... Read More

We don’t generally have beer in our house. I’m not a big fan (in fact, I downright can’t stand it…though I do loves me a good framboise!) and Shake’s kind of picky about his beers. Plus, a six-pack of beer takes up so much room in the fridge, a place... Read More

Last week, on St. Patrick’s Day, we had green food for dinner. It had booze in it. But it wasn’t Irish. Nope, for the great green holiday, we went Mexican. For breakfast, we had “Mexican eggs”—scrambled eggs topped with a Mexican four-cheese blend and tomatoes. Oh, there were potatoes on... Read More

It often happens that we encounter a dish when we eat out and like it so much, I try to make it at home later. Sometimes this works out, sometimes it doesn’t. I’m not sure if any home attempt will ever live up to the memory of this particular dish:... Read More

This weekend, I made chicken pot pies for a dinner with friends. I’d made this recipe only once before, and now I was going to be making it for three times as many people in someone else’s kitchen, so I was a bit nervous about the whole thing. (That’s a... Read More

Sugar + Shake are unabashed carnivores. However, for a number of reasons, we’ve decided to try going meatless one dinner per week. This Monday was our first stab at it—tho’ I dunno, you don’t need to do much stabbing when it’s just veg on the plate… (And in case you’re... Read More

Breakfast is awesome. Too bad it happens so early in the day. Sugar + Shake rarely eat breakfast at proper breakfast time. It’s either technically breakfast because it’s the first meal of the day, but eaten at lunchtime—Does that make it Elevensies? Actually, it’s more like Onesies or Twosies…—or it’s... Read More