Lindsey's Luscious

"At that time, Antony Fortuny still suspected that part of the boy's mental deficiencies were due to his diet, which was far too influenced by his mother's French cooking. It was a well-known fact that the richness of buttery foods led to moral ruin and confusion of the intellect." --The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Happy Birthday, June...with cherries on top!

I know, I know! We just ate like kings (or birthday queens) last night at The Handlebar , but I couldn't let my good friend June's b...

Friday, October 28, 2011

Celebrating Birthdays with Liquids and Solids!

Back in July, I read an article in Burlington's Seven Days about a restaurant in Lake Placid with a most unusual name: Liquids and Soli...

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Last of the farm stand fare...(sniff).

One day recently, I came into my office at work to find a bag with a half dozen ears of sweet corn and a copy of a recipe for smoked corn ch...

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

It's so good, it's...UMAMI!

Ever since we visited Sleepy Hollow/Tarrytown over Columbus Day weekend , I have been thinking about recreating some of the great dishes tha...

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Ain't no party like an Adirondack party!

Several years ago, my friend, Vicky, invited a bunch of us from work to come out to her little cabin in the woods and have a big bonfire and...

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

And lo, there were Hungarian shepherds abiding in the fields, making casseroles in their crocks by night.

So....Rachael Ray has a new show on the Cooking Channel called "Rachael Ray's Week in a Day" where she spends a few hours on a...

Monday, October 17, 2011

"Mystery Squash" Soup

A couple of weeks ago, my friend Melissa hosted a very cool inaugural event at our local co-op , a home-canned food swap and potluck. Peopl...

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Yet another bake sale...

My dear friend, Ken, called me with another hospital bake sale request --and how could I say no after everything that kind little man does f...

Thursday, October 13, 2011

CROCKTOBERFEST!

Ok, so I was just going on about how long it is until Thanksgiving , so I decided that I needed to focus on something more seasonally appro...

Thursday, October 06, 2011

I am thankful for TWO crock pots!

On the one hand-- and this is going to blow your mind --Thanksgiving is NEXT MONTH! On the other hand, it's still seven weeks away, whic...

Tuesday, October 04, 2011

My favorite pasta...now made (you guessed it) in the crock pot!

As my longtime readers may recall, my favorite pasta dish is cavatini . It's also the dish that often bring to potlucks or to people whe...

Sunday, October 02, 2011

Strawberry Cream Pie: FAIL!

I don't know how these things go in your neck of the woods, but we have a preponderence of strawberries from the latter part of June thr...

Saturday, October 01, 2011

Fall Finally Falls on the North Country, or Soup, Soup and More SOUP!

When we woke up this morning and came downstairs, it was 55 degrees in the living room, and 42 (and raining and windy) outside! I guess fall...

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Saying goodbye is never an easy thing...

I had to say goodbye to one of my best friends today. Here is the last photo of Piper, known affectionately as "Girlie-Poose" shar...

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Chicken Commits Savory Suicide in Crock Pot of Tasty Broth: Film at Eleven

There is a recipe for chicken and dumplings on the Crock Pot Girls website that calls for canned chicken (YEGADS!) or some folks swap out b...

Saturday, September 24, 2011

How many beans does a person really need?

It is the soup season, dear readers, and here's one I whipped up recently that was hearty and very tasty! This recipe is great for the n...

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Never too many pickles!

On August 29, theoretically the first day of school, everything shut down due to Tropical Storm Irene wreaking havoc up the eastern seaboard...

Monday, September 19, 2011

Two more easy crockpot recipes...

I was scrolling through the Crock Pot Girls Facebook page, as I often do these days, and I came across a recipe for "Corn Spaghetti...

Friday, September 16, 2011

"Roasting" in the Crock Pot: An Oxymoron?

I have two easy crock pot roasts to share with you today--neither one is long or complicated enough to merit a separate post. In fact, I don...

Monday, September 12, 2011

Now we have to wait until summer 2012?? BOO HISS!

On Sunday night, I was invited to a "True Blood" finale party at my friend, Domenica's. This is the second year we've done...

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Joy Bugaloo: I am a college professor (speech communication, media and film studies) in a small town in northern New York on Lake Champlain, across from Burlington, VT and just south of Quebec. I live on 1.2 acres in a 117-year-old house formerly known as The Ponderosa Horse Farm where I can have big gardens and lots of animals (two dogs and four cats at present).

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