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

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Game Day Grub

As anyone who knows me or who has read this blog for awhile understands, I absolutely hate sports! But my roommate has become a passionate N...

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Umami Cafe Revisited

On my never-ending quest to find and prepare the ultimate macaroni and cheese recipe, I thought I might backtrack a bit and make the officia...

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Bean Salad for the Budget-Conscious

I oftentimes find myself ogling little overpriced containers of interesting deli salads at the grocery store, but before I pay five dollars ...

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

South of the Border Pork and Beans for the Icy North

I had been considering making a Cuban black bean soup in the crock pot with some of my dwindling supply of precious Rancho Gordo beans. But ...

Monday, January 16, 2012

Annnnnnnnd...back to the DEEP FREEZE!

This picture of the foot of my bed leads me to believe that the Mayan calendar may be right after all. Usually, one of the dogs pictured is...

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Easter Preview...in January!

I'm either loathe to leave the holidays behind, or I'm already thinking ahead to Easter...or perhaps it's just because they had ...

Sunday, January 08, 2012

Thanksgiving/Christmas Turkey Re-Gifted

I ran across this awesome-sounding recipe before Thanksgiving on Huffington Post for re-gifting your leftover holiday turkey, but we ended...

Saturday, January 07, 2012

The Flitting Anglican Priest Cake

I was messing around on Facebook as I so often do, and there was a picture of something called a "preacher cake" on the sidebar. I...

Friday, January 06, 2012

FLAMING Bhutan!

There is a cute little store in our tiny 'Burgh that sells Tibetan accessories, and last spring, I heard that they had opened a restaura...

Monday, January 02, 2012

My Crock Pot is Already Hoppin' in the New Year!

Check out the Hoppin' John I made in my crock pot for our New Year's Day dinner yesterday. (The picture to the left is what it look...

Sunday, January 01, 2012

New Year's Eve and the Return of the Levain Cookies

Instead of hanging at home in my p.j.'s and watching an Indiana Jones movie marathon or some such, I actually had New Year's Eve pla...

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Albondigas!

It was exciting to think that maybe, just maybe, winter was going to give us a pass this year, as we've had such uncharacteristically mi...

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Christmas Eve Supper: Dry Pork and Cheesy Potatoes

I wanted this post to be about the amazing crock pot pork loin and au gratin potatoes that I prepared for our Christmas Eve dinner, but I...

Thursday, December 22, 2011

My Favorite Christmas Tradition: Cookie Swap at the Padulas!

My friends, Janice and Domenica, host a wonderful annual Christmas cookie exchange, but we didn't do ...

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Bolognese...with a little help from our old friend, the crock pot.

So...I had this idea to make Bolognese sauce in the crock pot. It's not a quick, dump-and-run kind of recipe, but it's delicious. Us...

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

DIPPY MADNESS at the end of the term!

I know I sing the same song at the end of every semester, but WHOA--this one has been a killah! So I did not feel motivated to make elaborat...

Monday, December 12, 2011

Crockin' through the bitter end of Fall 2011...

Well, here we are at long last; finals week is upon us. And is often the case in the fall, most of my finals are backloaded at the end of th...

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Busy week/weekend!

This has been HELL WEEK! Besides it being "term paper week" at school (which is usually rougher than finals week, in my opinion), ...

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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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