4 results for month: 02/2015
And the Oscar goes to…
This weekend brings the 87th annual Academy Awards ceremony and along with it, one of my favorite minor family traditions. Every year, I watch the Oscars with my wife and brother-in-law who lives a few blocks away from us in Brooklyn. We’re big fans of movies in my house and while there has been a recent dry spell in terms of a good variety of quality films being made in lieu of more and more big-budget superhero romps, there are still a few filmmakers out there making movies worthy of giving an award to. I haven’t been able to catch as many of the nominated movies this year as I would have liked but I’m still going to tune in on Sunday to see ...
Crabbies
It’s hard not to consider this [undeniably delicious] appetizer to be “a little bit country.” The dish does include butter, mayonnaise and cheese spread, after all. However...
Cheesecake, a Higher Love
Ahh Valentine’s Day. With its origins having as many variations as reasons for you to love it or hate it, the idea behind Valentine’s Day is perhaps as complex as love itself. Some more conspiracy inclined minds will assert that it was invented by Hallmark to sell cards and chocolate. Others will say that it is based on the ancient pagan holiday, Lupercalia, which was observed from February 13th through February 15th and was meant to purify the city, revitalizing health and fertility among its inhabitants. And then there are up three different Roman saints and / or martyrs who have also been nominated as the potential namesake of the holiday as ...
Strawberry Cheesecake Squares
These no-bake strawberry cheesecake squares are so good that St. Valentine himself would lose his head over them. Too soon? In my book, anything that contains strawberries...
