We made mac ‘n’ cheese over the weekend. It didn’t turn out as great as I’d hoped. It had kind of a bitter taste to it, and I couldn’t figure out if it was due to too much rosemary in the mix, or perhaps the fact that the breadcrumbs got slightly burned. It was fun to try this recipe, though, and now I want to do more cooking with figs, just because!

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A couple months ago, Andy and I went out for dinner at a local Italian restaurant, just up the street from my house. I ordered Orecchiette (pronounced oh-RAY-KEE-et-ay), and was delighted to read on the menu that orecchiette means “little ears” in Italian. How fitting! They totally look like tiny little ears! I decided I would have to find a fun recipe and try my hand at cooking up a dish that contained orecchiette.

Well, I forgot all about it until last week when I found a recipe in the For the Love of Cooking blog. It looked so tasty that I was determined to try it myself!

Sadly, my photos did not turn out as lovely and as beautiful as the photos in the blog mentioned above. Poor lighting, frozen broccoli instead of fresh, and utter laziness on my part resulted in not the most gorgeous shots. Oh well – the food was delicious anyway!

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I found this recipe online. It was originally published in Gourmet Magazine, February 2002. I couldn’t wait to try it out, though I was a bit nervous what the final product would be like. Fortunately, it turned out really good. Mmm-mm!

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