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The Insider’s Guide
My first book, The Insider's Guide to Omaha and Lincoln, is the first nationally published travel guide written about the two cities. It includes my take on more than 150 restaurants, including many you've probably never heard of before. My "Insider's Picks" throughout the book include favorite thrift stores, dive bars and hangouts. It also has practical sections: one on where to stay when you're visiting and a second perfect for students or people relocating to Nebraska.
Tag Archives: cooking
Eating for a Half-Marathon
My husband and I are running the Lincoln Half Marathon this Sunday. This is our fourth one, so we know what to expect by this point. After the months of training and finishing two 12-mile runs, we’re as prepared as we … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking
Tagged cooking, diet, eating, half marathon, marathon, recipe, Recipes, week before a half marathon
Chicken Potato Curry
I wasn’t really planning to blog about the chicken curry I made for a work pot luck today, and that’s why I only have one, sad photo to share that doesn’t do this dish much justice at all. I know … Continue reading
Mapo Tofu
As promised, here’s the second of my two posts about cooking Chinese from Diana Kwan’s book “The Chinese Takeout Cookbook.” I’ll be giving a copy away in the coming weeks, so look for the contest. I’m still deciding what to … Continue reading
Posted in China, Cookbooks, Cooking
Tagged China, cooking, Diana Kwan, Mapo Tofu, The Chinese Takeout Cookbook
Making “the real” Kung Pao Chicken
Because its the Chinese New Year and the Year of the Snake — and I’m a snake year baby — I decided to dust off my wok and cook some Asian food. After our trip to China last year, I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in China, Cookbooks, Cooking
Tagged Asian, China, cooking, Diana Kwan, Kung Pao Chicken, recipe, Recipes, The Chinese Takeout Cookbook
The columnist’s casserole
Matthew and I had been out and about six evenings last week. SIX. By the time Sunday rolled around, all I wanted to do was nothing. And that’s entirely what we did until 4 p.m. arrived and the brunch we’d … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking
Tagged cooking, recipe, Recipes, Runza, Runza casserole, Sunday dinner, Taste of Home
Two resolutions
This plate of cookies fulfilled two of my food resolutions in one fell swoop: Using my mixer and giving baking a fair shot. Matthew and I were going to dinner last Thursday at our friends Scott and Sara’s house and normally, … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Food Resolutions 2013
Tagged baking, cooking, Everyday Food, food resolutions, recipe, Recipes
Food Resolutions
I have been reading with lots of interest the recent posts on the Kitchn about food resolutions. The site asked its readers to send in what food, cooking and kitchen related stuff they resolved to change for 2013. Some of the … Continue reading
Posted in Cookbooks
Tagged 2013 resolutions, baking, cooking, food resolutions, KitchenAid, knife skills, prep
An ode to “Everyday Food”
I remember exactly when Martha Stewart’s colorful little Everyday Food magazine started appearing in my mailbox. I was a single gal in my 20s, living in a 500-square-foot apartment in downtown Omaha. I used my tiny kitchen for making four things: … Continue reading
A look inside “Canal House Cooks Every Day”
The newest cookbook from Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton, “Canal House Cooks Every Day,” is simply lovely. The authors have written many books and blog at Canal House Cooks Lunch. It’s a blog worth checking out, if for the photographs … Continue reading
Posted in Cookbooks, Cooking
Tagged Autumn, Canal House, Canal House Cooks Every Day, cookbook, cooking, fall, Pumpkin Soup, recipe, Recipes, Thanksgiving, Winter
Giveaway! The Epicurious Cookbook
The contest is now closed. So I know I’ve been quiet the past couple weeks, and all I can say is that sometimes blogging goes to the wayside when deadlines for the daily paper take over. I decided to reappear … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Giveaways, Websites and blogs
Tagged cookbook, cookbooks, cooking, Epicurious, giveaway
