Friday Flotsam

vine in the winter / bev cooks

FRRRRRRRRRRRRRerherderpermerder! So this is the kind of stuff I think about. You’re like, here we go. Have you ever noticed how any business offices you call – no matter if it’s the doctor’s office, home improvement store, toenail repair shop – EVERYONE’S MENU HAS CHANGED? “Please listen carefully, as our menu has changed.” Why did […]

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Ranch Shrimp and Spinach Pizzas

Ranch Shrimp and Spinach Pizzas / Bev Cooks

Time to unleash our inner closet sorority girl! Is “inner closet” repetitively redundant? Eh, who’s to say. RANCH pizzas. I’m not even sorry about how much I love ranch dressing. And I’m not sure if sorority girls even like ranch dressing anymore. Do they? BACK IN MY DAY (said like the Grandpa Simpson) it was […]

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Lemon Fennel Orecchiette

Lemon Fennel Orecchiette / Bev Cooks

You’re like, GRODY FENNEL? Come on, dost thou not trust moi? (said like Diane Chambers.) Roasting fennel is one of those secret loop holes of life. It’s sweet. But it’s savory. It’s tender. Yet it’s crunchy. And it works stunningly with loads of lemon, piles of parsley, oodles of orecchiette and ample alliteration. Also, tell […]

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Friday Flotsam

convivial plates / bev cooks

FRRRRRRRRRRRReh. Frih. Deh. Okay, I need your help! (you’re like, girl I just woke up.) I WANT to say we’ve talked about this before, many ancient moons of blogging yesterlore ago. But let’s bring it back because I need a fresh coat on it. No pun intended. Once you know what we’re talking about. I […]

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Creamy Mexican Polenta Bowls

Creamy Mexican Polenta Bowls / Bev Cooks

Okay let’s see how theeeese bowls work for ya. First of all, it’s creamy polenta so I feel like things are off to a solid start between us. That’s the base. The foundation. What happens from here is up to the moods of the soul fairies that dwell within your stirring soul chambers. Let me […]

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Friday Flotsam

pink and white flowers / bev cooks

Fralemtime’s Fray! (just kidding don’t delete me from your life.) OKAY. (you’re like, oh no.) I want to ask you something serious, and I need to you mentally and emotionally prepare yourself for it. It’s a big ask. Your answer will violently stir and rumble your soul in a way you didn’t think possible. Here […]

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Slow-Roasted Tomatoes over Linguine with a Meat Sauce

Slow-Roasted Tomatoes over Linguine with a Meat Sauce / Bev Cooks

Just warning you now, it’s pasta aaaaaall week! (I felt that collective soul nod.) It would be sacrilegious otherwise, being V-day at the end of this week. Or, Balemtime’s Bay as I call it because I’m a complete turd. But you don’t rightly care because I’m finally posting my slow-roasted tomato sauce pasta thingy! It’s […]

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