Tates Kitchen

I love soups.All kinds.But I'm quickly losing the window of opportunity for making soups for dinner so I'm going to try and cram a bunch in this week. (we'll see how this goes)First is this mushroom soup I found on Pinterest yesterday.Just so happened ...

It's one thing after another isn't it?After all the Renaissance Faire craziness I needed to get everything in order for Easter. This year was actually much, much easier since we were not hosting in our house, and since all I had to produce were appetiz...

Where have I been?Planning, prepping and executing Leonardo da Vinci school's 11th annual Renaissance Faire.I'm not going to get into how much work this is. Anyone who has put together a giant event with visiting artists and volunteer workers and 20+ s...

Why "eggs Hollandaise"?Because my friend Michael (he's from Germany and still has an accent and hopefully he won't read this post) always says it this way - instead of eggs benedict, or eggs Bearnaise or whatever else name this dish can go by. The...

This is another of those "not really a recipe just more of an idea" posts.I saw the idea for this in a magazine - but of course do not remember which one. What I do know is that I've been craving poached eggs ever since.Weird craving...I know.The mixtu...

I'm FINALLY back in the kitchen!Actually it's not like I ever really left. You know how it is - we can have 500 projects going all at the same time but still need to get the laundry done and dinner on the table, right? I did tell my family no-one was a...

Happy Day to me! Look at this beautiful box of fresh produce E.B. brought to us.Most of it has been eaten already - no surprise there. Ada plowed through most all the fruit in a couple days. Those snow peas made a delicious appetizer with a little bulg...

I have been crazy busy getting ready for the Renaissance Faire at my daughter's school. In the few minutes I have to eat something I'm trying to eat things that are NOT purchased in a drive-through! But they need to be filling and keep me filled for an...

Here's the sandwich.Here's how this came about.You know when you're on Facebook and the activity of your friends shows up in the little feed area on the right side?And then the voyeur in all of us has to do the cyber stalk thing and click on one of tho...

Not even sure where to start with this. Here's what they look like.You know the Girl Scout cookies with the chocolate and the coconut?This is my attempt to make those cookies at home. I don't really know why I decided to make my own instead of jus...