I’ve been chatting about books all week. What would we do if we were actually sitting together in a little cafe having our discussions? We’d be starving by now. So, let’s eat.

I discovered a fabulous recipe site the other day, thanks to my friend Kara at Photanical Garden. She’s a mom of an almost one-year-old son and copywriter for Hasbro Games. She’s got a great sense of humor and posts interesting product reviews, recipes, and even a series on how she’s Blogging to Black. You’ll have to go read it — she’s found her blog to be a great place to deal with some financial issues.

So, she’s the one who discovered this recipe site. I’ll let her tell you about it in her own words, or you can read the complete post at her site.

While searching for recipe sites this weekend, I came across a wonderful site called Simply Recipes. It’s the cozy recipe catalog created by Elise Bauer, who shares her family’s love of cooking with the blogosphere.

I enjoy her blog because the recipes are easily categorized, there are photos for most of the entries, and the recipes she features are for foods I would actually like to make as opposed to the countless recipe books I’ve seen that offer weird or pretentious dishes that I can’t fathom having a craving for.

Elise also features some special offerings that you might not find elsewhere, such as her Chai recipe that I’m dying to try.

Cooking has become more interesting to me lately, as I’m trying to get out of the weekly dinner rut and create a list of enjoyable dishes that are fairly easy and go over well with the family (no easy feat). Simply Recipes will certainly be a resource for me on the journey!

Thanks, Kara! I visited Simply Recipes, and I love how easy it is to look things up. Plus, I need pictures for inspiration, and her photos are beautiful.

Anybody care for some sweet potato pie?

P.S. Kara is having a tagline contest for her blog. Can anybody help her out? You’ve got until Nov. 24. And here’s the grand prize:

And as if the fame and notoriety isn’t enough, I’ll bestow upon the winner an awesome SpongeBob Ants in the Square Pants game just in time for Christmas! Now, this is not just any off-the-shelf game. Oh no. I actually wrote all the copy on the package at my day job. I can autograph it if you like, of course . . . or not. So start thinking of those great taglines!