Friday Flotsam

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Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrri’m back! It’s been a while for Flotsam. Like, weeks. And one would think that I have all these exciting things I’m bursting to share with you. Well guess what, I don’t. Ha! Oh. Wait don’t leave! Summer is churning along at a sizzling pace. As in, starting Monday we only have four full weeks […]

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French-Style Baguette Sandwiches

French-Style Baguette Sandwiches / Bev Cooks

This is total Bev food, in case you’re wondering. Really anything picnicky, Frenchy, simple, fresh. With wine. It’s this. Even if it’s not outside, create a picnic in your heart. (<–that would land better in person, I feel.) There are two main keys to this lil’ dinner. First, it’s a springboard for whatever sandwich you […]

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Cheddar Cheese Bread

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You see the title of this post, right? You see those actual words? I can barely take it, either. This might be the thing that saves us all. Cheddar Cheese Bread. I didn’t make it up. But I nearly hyperventilated when I came across it in this cookbook I’ve been showing you recently. The one […]

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Roasted Corn Salsa

Roasted Corn Salsa / Bev Cooks

One of my favorite salsas! Time to completely obsess. There are five hundred gabillion recipes out there for corn salsa. We know this. But I’ll show you what my GO-TO is because I feel like you might want to make your entire life about it. But I’m not dramatic or anything. This corn is from […]

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Broiled Tomatoes

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Oooooo let’s get 1975-style bougie! You know you’re in. These are amazing. I did not make them up. However, I did promise to cook out of this estate-sale-found cook book literally called The Cook Book from 1979. It’s written by the National Council of Jewish Women from the Greater Kansas City Section and what a […]

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Friday Flotsam

moody poppy / bev cooks

Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrieeeedieeeeee. Let’s play a game! This is called: Tell Me What Movie Moment Traumatized You as a Kid. I’ll go first because we all know the obvious, if you’re a Gen X kid. The moment that changed everything. And that was Artax in the quick sand in NeverEnding Story. Hands down, saddest thing ever. “ARTAAAAAAX”. […]

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Friday Flotsam

garden growth / bev cooks

Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!! Okay listen. This one’s for the booooooys. (sung like Martina McBride) But actually, it’s not only for the boys. Because you see, I do all our yard work. All the mowing, the edging, the weeding, the pruning, the primping. That’s me. This girl. Your girl. (<–sorry) But the one thing I do need Aaron’s […]

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