Accidental Hedonist

While I do think that it's grand that we're recognizing, or more specifically, the PR department of Dewar's is recognizing the fact that December 5th marks the end of Prohibition, it is important t...

I was talking to my friend C. on Thanksgiving day, and somehow the subject of entertaining in general came up. I said to her that I’m very much an old-fashioned hostess. As I mentioned in my last p...

I feel kind of bad that I didn't like Voodoo Doughnuts as much as I believed I would. I also feel bad because part of me feels as if I insulted a vaunted Portland institution, akin to to going to P...

Well, okay, the author of From Nose to Tail hasn't actually set up shop, nor has he visited lately, for all I know.
But I have noticed that in the course of the last three months, I have come acro...

Sweet Treats
I hope everyone here in the United States had a great Thanksgiving holiday. I still can't believe that we have only 3 weeks until Christmas and then 2008 is over. Is it just me, or doe...

I'm not much of a breakfast eater, but I don't mind the occasional brunch-style pancake or syrup-slathered slice of French toast. Add a bit of booze and it makes getting up worth while.
Since I'v...

Perhaps it was my fault. Perhaps my expectations of Voodoo Doughnuts was way too high. It is, after all, a doughnut shop, not a four-star restaurant that is home to a world-renown chef. But part o...

If I'm going to write about cookies, it would be nice if I actually provided a recipe for one. It's nearly the least I could do.
So why this recipe? Well for one, members of my household love the ...

Alas, it is getting to that time of year again. Six months have come and gone, and by the end of December, the regular rotation of weekly posts from Charmian, Ben, Maura, and Emily will come to a c...

The reason that my post is late this week actually has to do with my topic.
You see, I had my Thanksgiving festivities on Friday as opposed to the actual holiday on Thursday, so yesterday I was sti...