Steak & Eggs with Hollandaise Sauce

Hollandaise seems like the kind of sauce that everyone wants to order but nobody wants to make. In fact, I have really rarely seen this other than served over poached eggs at hipster brunch spots and fancy restaurants where the servers call me “sir”. I have to admit I have been intimidated to make such [...]

Chocolate Pancakes

Are these pancakes for breakfast or for dessert?  How about both?  Hard to decide isn’t it? The idea of making chocolate pancakes was actually inspired by an outlet shopping trip just outside of the Pittsburgh area.  I was sifting through a kitchen gadget store looking for anything I haven’t purchased yet when Brent found a [...]

Classic Potato Salad: My Way

You are almost always guaranteed to run into a bowl of goop claiming to be potato salad at any community pot luck party, family reunion, or summer barbeque across the country.  This statement was confirmed when I was thumbing through my extensive collection of small town “old lady” fundraiser cookbooks.  I glanced though the index [...]