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Feeling Like Robert Downey Jr’s Father
I watch the morning scene unfold, my eyes filling with tears as I hang my head guiltily. The children and I stand together, unified in our love for their father, as he turns the kitchen upside down, slamming cabinet doors, whipping through shelves, tossing contents aside as he searches for any amount of it. Mom. [...]
11 Weird Foods I Have Tried
I grew up in an Irish-Catholic, meat-and-taters family. When I met my future sucker husband, the list of foods I WOULD eat was much shorter than the food I WOULDN’T eat. The first time he brought me home for dinner they served these bizarre foods like zucchini and chick peas and olives and herbs and [...]
This Is What Happens When You Google “Face Bacon”
It is no secret that we here at Aiming Low are big fans of bacon. Marj wrote an article called “Bacon: Nature’s Greatest Miracle.” Erin is a self-proclaimed bacon-loving Jew. We even teach you how to cook ridiculously delicious things with bacon, like “Cheesy Bacon Ranch Bread.” So imagine my bacon-revelry when I came across [...]
Aspic: The South’s Secret
Big surprise here–I am not as Southern as my family is. Oh sure, I can throw a y’all around like it’s nobody’s bidness,and I love chatting with strangers. But when it comes to Southern cuisine I am a grits and biscuit gal, not a gumbo and aspic gal. So did I just hear a couple [...]
Easy Cranberry Scone Recipe
I’ve mentioned before, repeatedly, that I’m not a baker. Which means that any and all baking recipes I post will be so easy, you might as well have your ten year-old do it for you. Such is the case with these delicious cranberry scones. Let’s face it, there are few things better than freshly-baked, warm-from-the [...]
Bacon: Nature’s Greatest Miracle
Hello, my name is DG and I have a pretty serious addiction to nitrate-laden pork products. (Hello, DG.) In all seriousness, I never met a strip of bacon I didn’t like. And there isn’t much I like more than bacon. Unless it’s potatoes. Especially if it’s potatoes with bacon and cheese. Also? I like bacon. [...]
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I’m big on trying new recipes. After all, I write a food blog and my readers get really irritated when I post the same recipe over and over again. They are so demanding sometimes. Like, HELLO, don’t you know that I have “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” just sitting on my DVR waiting to [...]
Parsnips, Flax, Seaweed, and Lies
Did you know that certain brands of bread prevent cancer? Or that untold nutritional benefit can be reaped from the same plant that brought us rope? Or that seaweed and parsnips are not disgusting after all? Yeah — me, neither. These delicious revelations were cooked and served up by my wife Kate. Kate is a [...]
Peanut Butter Oreo Bars
Some people will never dip their Oreo cookies in anything but a large glass of milk. Those people are wrong. And confused. Also, strange and sad and weird. You should really experiment with your Oreo cookies. They just beg for it. Dip ‘em in melted chocolate or caramel ice cream topping sometime. I dare you.
