Earlier this year we were hosting a barbecue day with some good friends of ours and as we were prepping food in the kitchen and my friend is looking through drawers from some tool or another she proclaims “we need to just look through Dana’s kitchen to find all the tools we need.” Apparently, I…
Happy Fourth of July! I can’t think of a day that epitomizes summer eats more than the 4th of July. Many of us spend time outside on the 4th, some go to or host big parties, smoke meats, or grill. In Minnesota we like to congregate by the lake. So I wanted to share our…
Hello! After a long hiatus, I am back. And really only because Dana peer pressured me. I was browsing our dessert recipes on the blog for this post and a couple of things struck me: there are not enough ice cream recipes. I blame myself. Dana proclaimed me the ice cream queen of the family…
Gravel and Dine is turning 10 on July 11. I cannot believe that a DECADE has gone by since Tory and started the blog. It seems like a lifetime ago. These 10 years have allowed me to preserve some of our favorite family recipes (although I have many more to go), try to recreate more…
Tory & I always post our Christmas Cocktail the year after we make it. Why? Because it allows us to take pictures when we are actually enjoying the cocktail instead of premaking and staging it. This year, with COVID19 changing the way many of us are able to celebrate the holidays, preparing this post and…
The best part of having a campfire is roasting marshmallows. And this toasted marshmallow ice cream has that burnt sugar taste you get from roasting marshmallows on the campfire mixed right into the ice cream along with more marshmallows mixed in. This ice cream is awesome on its own but to take it to the…