Golden Acorn Squash, Carnival Squash and Green Acorn Squash It’s almost Thanksgiving and I’m busy in the kitchen baking pies for my family and friends. For Dad, I’m baking his favorite pie with a twist: Maple Pecan Pie (adapted slightly from...

In a lot of ways, I almost feel I shouldn’t post this since it calls for an ingredient that is potentially very difficult to obtain. Then again, it might not be, depending on where you live. So what is this ingredient? Kvass extract. There...

Remember my post about Tequila Lime Chicken Tacos? I made fluffy tortillas from scratch (and oooh, were they ever good!) based on a recipe from one of my favorite bloggers: Suzanne McMinn of Chickens in the Road. (She has a lot of really good...

I like to clip the recipes out of the food magazines I subscribe to and put them into a neat, little pile. When it’s time to come up with a RandomRecipe for the week’s meal, I often pick through the pile looking for something that meets our needs...

Akmens tilts (Stone Bridge) over the Daugava just before the fireworks began. Photo by Artis Rozentāls I was lucky enough to be able to attend the Independence Day celebrations in Latvia for the past two years. For my first, my husband’s family...