Korean style pork tenderloin

Over the next few weeks, I'm hoping to work through all of the 2011 recipes I have left to discuss . . . beginning with the Korean style pork tenderloin.

Bead Embroidery

And now for something completely different (and, as per the usual, months old!) -- my first attempts at bead embroidery! I, as you may know, love shiny things with all of my heart. So, I decided to start making some through bead embroidery. My first attempt at this resulted in a pair of gloves intended as a present for a dear friend of ours.

Red Velvet Pancake Mix Review

We're going to take a small detour today, and review a red velvet pancake mix. We picked up one of these for my dad for Christmas and made one ourselves.

Thanksgiving - Dessert

So, we finally (a full 2 months and change later) reach the end of the Thanksgiving meal: dessert. Last year, sis and I planned a delicious dessert and then forgot to ask the parents to stock the ingredients. Whoops! This year, we made up for that mistake in grand style. While sis and I are (obviously) great cooks in general, I think that dessert this past year was by far the best part of the day. We made parts: figs with goat cheese and peppered-honey and olive oil blood orange red navel orange cake.