I was out of town shopping with my girls last week and came across a package of ladyfingers which reminded me that it was my sister-in-law’s birthday and so I picked them up and came home and made her one of her all-time favorites–tiramisu. I delivered another plate of tiramisu deliciousness to my friend Carol […]
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Years ago, my friend Dee and I were planning a brunch menu for a group of around fifty people. She offered to make some caramel sauce to go with the Belgian waffles we had planned and that was the beginning of my love affair with this sauce. Here’s the thing with this sauce: it simply […]
I don’t know about you but I am one of those people who like most versions of bean dip. It might be a recipe based on pintos or garbanzos or black beans or another type of bean. Its origins might be Middle Eastern or Mediterranean or South American but no matter, I will probably enjoy […]
My brother and his wife were in town for the week and he had a birthday coming up. We are never together on his birthday so I thought it would be fun to make him a proper birthday cake. Why do we stop making birthday cakes for adults as they get older? I mean, does […]
Like pretty much everyone I know, I struggle to come up with fresh ideas for dinner that are made from real food and on the healthy side. Fun fact. The moment every home cook waits for actually happened to me last week. My college-age daughter, who was still under “stay home” mandates where she lives, […]
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Warm Roasted Potato and Asparagus Salad
Sometimes you are craving something substantial in flavor and texture but aren’t necessarily feeling a heavy dinner. That’s what was going through my mind yesterday when I remembered a green salad from years ago with roasted potatoes and a warm vinaigrette. This was the humble beginnings of this Warm Roasted Potato and Asparagus Salad I […]
Remember my post on Roasted Chicken? And the following one about making bone broth from that same chicken? Well, here’s where it all starts to come together in beautiful ways after the fact. Let me set the scene. It’s a rainy day and it doesn’t look like it’s going to let up anytime soon. You […]
Our grandmothers were onto something when they made chicken noodle soup or beef and barley soup for friends and family who were under the weather. They knew that bone broths are basically just good medicine, full of warmth and nutrition. Chicken bone broth is foundational to any cook’s kitchen and I have been making my […]
Living in an area of the country where there is a lot of farming, I support the local food scene, if not in producing, then at least through my purchasing power. I love that there are people out there who are committed to growing food and raising animals in a sustainable way. It is evident […]
I really like Cauliflower. I know it’s not everybody’s thing but I like it in pretty much every format–pizza crust, mashed, riced, raw, roasted. You get the point. So when I saw this recipe for Saffron Cauliflower in Ottolenghi’s amazing cookbook Plenty, which Kitchn’s Cookbook Club featured in January, I jumped right on it. By […]
