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We haven't blogged much this month. Part of the silence is due to our weeklong road trip in Pennsylvania, but we've been back for o...

On our final day in Amsterdam, we made a beeline for Pancakes! Amsterdam . As we said before , we loved our pancakes so much on our first ...

Our memories of our rijsttafel at Tempo Doeloe in Amsterdam three years ago are getting a little hazy, but on the anniversary of our visi...

Happy Labor Day weekend! The September custard calendar is up with all repeat custards, which means we have reviews to link to!  Sour...

One custard we definitely wanted to try from this month's calendar was blueberry sweet corn . We've liked blueberry custards at Sh...

There is a discussion going on right now on one of the food boards I read and it's all about why people like Trader Joe's. One thin...

When reorganizing the pantry a couple of weeks ago, I realized we had a ridiculous number of bags of lentils, but hadn't made lentils i...

I think I've been to McDonalds more this summer than I have in the past few years . I get a craving every once in a while for a sausage...

We have a bunch of sides from Trader Joe's in our freezer, and one of the ones I was looking forward to trying was the confetti rice ....

I am no stranger to Cuban-style sandwiches (see all the Sophie's posts ). But the one sandwich that eluded me until this year (parti...

It's summer which means it's the perfect season for lobster rolls. Most of the good lobster roll places are not in our area, so whe...

Back on our 2010 LA trip, we visited Jitlada for a large, spicy lunch. One dish that really made an impression on us was their special ri...

A new branch of Australian chain  Pie Face  opened in our neighborhood recently. We have been to Pie Face before (remember when we wrote t...