Grilled Cauliflower Steaks Adventure

May 28, 2020 by Alyssa D in main course

I know, I know. You might be wondering, “Where’s the adventure in cauliflower?” Indeed, pulling the giant white vegetable hunk out of a grocery bag made my heart sink slightly.

For weeks up until that moment, we’d been trying to make do with bags of frozen cauliflower. Those epithet-laden meals prompted Guillaume to grab the first fresh one he could lay his hands on at the store.

Anything I did to it would automatically be better than microwaving the frozen cauliflower.

Choose Your Own Grilled Pizza Adventure

May 14, 2020 by Alyssa D in main course

We got word that the replacement part for our broken oven was backordered for several more weeks. Admittedly, I did not take this news well.

Even though the weather here in Colorado has occasionally been unseasonably warm, I longed for us to be able to bake again: chocolate wacky cake, olive oil cake, berry cupcakes, pudding chômeur, spanakopita, roasted broccoli and tofu, cheese and leek pie, lemon potatoes.

Instead, we counted our blessings that we still had a functional stovetop and hail-battered outdoor grill.

Flaming Cheese Adventure

August 07, 2017 by Alyssa D in appetizers

“Opa!” The unspoken rule at the annual Greek festival here is that someone shouts this every few minutes and the rest of the attendees answer in kind. Although the meaning remains fairly imprecise — “yay!” or “woooo!” or some other affirmative exclamation — I’ve found that “opa!” becomes the perfect thing to yell when setting alcohol-drenched fried cheese on fire.