In August 2010, Boy and I saw a Toas-Tite come up for sale on eBay.  It was unlike anything we’d ever seen.  It was industrial sized and electric.  We could hardly believe that it was actually a Toas-Tite!  The seller was based in Florida and we sent him a message to learn more about it, […]

There’s nothing quite like a great piece of pizza.  Crustiness plus cheese plus tomato sauce.  Delicious.  So of course we had to try out a Toas-Tite with pizza dough, making a toasty calzone type sandwich. Ingredients 1/2 c. raw pizza dough, divided into two balls 1/2 diced tomato 2 Tbsp. shredded mozzarella Pepper to taste […]

With Christmas trees, stockings, and eggnog all around, Boy and I are getting in the holiday mood.  We’ve been watching all our favorite Christmas movies (White Christmas, Christmas Vacation, A Christmas Carol, Scrooged) and listening to some solid Christmas tunes (like the very excellent 1996 Nordstrom holiday collection – yes indeed, I’ve been listening to […]

‘Tis the holiday season!  With Thanksgiving and turducken Toas-Tites behind us and Christmas a-coming, we find ourselves keeping with the celebratory theme with this week’s Hanukkah Toas-Tite.  So with a l’chaim and a happy Hanukkah (particularly to Girl’s step mom, little sister, and sister-in-law), we give you latke Toas-Tites! Hanukkah (or anytime) Latke & Applesauce […]

Today we’re taking a little break from our Top Toas-Tite series to bring you a special Thanksgivingy Toas-Tite for those of you who still have a few leftovers in the fridge (like we do). Boy and I spent a lovely Thanksgiving with my brother and his new wife in their home, along with her wonderful […]

For our third Improv Toas-Tite, we had the words warm, seafood, and blue.  Blue is a tough one.  There aren’t really that many blue foods.  Sure, there are blueberries…blue corn chips…needless to say, strictly “blue” didn’t leave us that many options.  Toas-Tites are also naturally warm.  So that wasn’t terribly tricky.  But now seafood…we couldn’t […]

For our second Improv Toas-Tite in honor of Top Chef, we had the words green, sweet, and fruit.  There are a lot of green fruits – kiwi, honeydew, avocado…but how many would do well heating up in a Toas-Tite with some kind of sweetness?  We decided to go a little more conservative on the green […]

Boy and I are big Top Chef fans.  We’ve seen every season, plus the new Top Chef Just Desserts and the last Top Chef Masters.  One of our favorite challenges is the improv challenge. Here’s the scenario.  Tom and Padma (the judges) tell the contestants they get the night off – they get to go […]

As summer comes to a close in just a few short days, here is one last post in our summer fruit series.  With a little bit of Italian appetizer flair, this Toas-Tite sandwich brings a little bit of sweet and a little bit of savory. Cantaloupe & Prosciutto Toas-Tite Ingredients 2 slices of white bread […]

Every summer since I was born, I’ve spent at least 5 days up at my family’s cabin in the upper reaches of California.  It’s my favorite place in the world.  There’s no internet, no cell phone service…we sleep outside under the stars, cook on a wood stove, eat, drink, sleep, swim in the river, and […]