Jessie Cross
Jessie Cross is a cookbook author and creator of The Hungry Mouse, a monster online food blog w/500+ recipes. When she's not shopping for cheese or baking pies, Jessie works as an advertising copywriter in Boston. She lives in Salem, Massachusetts with her husband and two small, fluffy wolves.
Blueberry Cakelettes
This recipe is a happy accident.
I was planning on making my Coconut Bomb cookies this afternoon, and realized a little too late that I was out of, well, coconut. I had a container of...
Smoky Corn Chowder
This soup is gloriously rich and bursting with chunks of sweet corn and potato.
It gets its smokiness from bacon and chipotle pepper. The pepper's heat is tempered nicely by the creamy broth. If you're...
Labor Day Special: Bourbon Barbecue Sauce
At the risk of needing to rename this blog The Thirsty Mouse, here's my recipe for Bourbon Barbecue Sauce.
This is what I'll be putting on my pork ribs this Labor Day weekend. It's quick...
5 Spice Merchants To Try
Recently, The Angry Chef and I went on a spice hunt. We headed out to Penzey's Spices in the sleepy town of Arlington, MA. We've relied on them for spices—first by catalog, then online,...
Sweet & Sunny Lemon Drop Liquor
Apparently, this weekend is cocktail weekend.
Contrary to yesterday's Bee's Kiss, though, my Lemon Drop liquor is light and refreshing. It's a great late-summer-lazy-day-sitting-in-the-yard-waiting-for-the-barbecue-to-be-done kind of drink. If you start a bottle early this week,...
One Bee’s Kiss, Please. Hold the Stinger.
I couldn't tell you why, but I'm dying for a cocktail tonight.
Not a glass of wine. Not an old standby like a martini or a bourbon, straight up. I'm in the mood for something...
How to Cook All the Meat That’s Fit to Eat
Ah, meat. This is one of my favorite topics—and things to cook. Apologies in advance to all my vegetarian friends. I just can't help myself.
So, when I ask my friends what they have the...
Sesame Garlic Snap Pea Salad
I've had a lot of requests for this lately when we have a barbecue. The crisp beans are a refreshing balance for smoky, spicy pork ribs or a perfectly charred sirloin.
The toasty sesame dressing...
Lemony-Glazed Cream Cheese Cookies
In our house, we make these cookies around Christmas, but they're great year round. They're soft and sweet—and slightly tangy. This recipe is a family heirloom. (I actually called my mother to ask for...
Fiery Tomato Salad
So it finally stopped raining in Boston. While the rain's been bad for just about everyone and everything lately, my veggies have been loving it. I have more peppers and tomatoes than I know...