Friends! One week + one day till Thanksgiving. Are you ready? Are you hosting? I'm hosting a smallish gathering of 9 adults and 8 children. I can't wait. Menu: Thanksgiving 2018 • Philadelphia Fish House Punch (my favorite, what I look forward to most) • Alice Waters's Potato Gratin (my second ...
Thanksgiving 2018
Favorite All-Purpose Pie Dough Recipe + 5 Pies and Tarts I Use it For
Friends, Thanksgiving is one week away. Let's review: Dough Making, Pie Baking No matter which pie dough recipe you use, the principles of making it will be the same: keep the ingredients cold, cold, cold. Purists will say that making a pie dough in the food processor is a no-no, but I find it ...
My Favorite Holiday-Preparation Trick
Note: This is NOT a sponsored post. Just a fan of this particular Prosecco. I sampled Lamberti Prosecco at the Niskayuna Wine Store one Friday afternoon last fall and immediately bought a couple of bottles. A few weeks later, I had the brilliant idea of buying a case of it to get the ...
18 Favorite Fall Chicken Recipes (Weeknight-ish)
Hello from Memphis! Some of you know Alexandra's Kitchen was nominated for a Saveur Blog Award in the weeknight cooking category. It was a complete surprise and even more of a surprise to learn last night that Alexandra's Kitchen won the Editors' Choice Award. I can't thank you all enough for ...
9 Favorite Fall Pasta Recipes (Weeknight-ish)
I am a wimp with cold weather. As soon as I feel a chill in the air, I find myself walking around the house clad head-to-toe in winter gear: hat, fleece-lined leggings, slippers, and all. I also find myself craving pasta. Here are a few of my seasonal favorites. And while I love all of them, if ...
12 Favorite Vegetarian Dinners (Weeknight-ish)
As you know, I am not a vegetarian, but as I get older, I find myself drawn more and more to vegetarian meals. Below are twelve of my favorites, regardless of the season, though many are especially good this time of year as well as throughout the winter. PS: 18 Favorite Chicken Recipes PPS: 9 ...
Chatting Mushroom, Black Bean, Celery Soup and More with Margaret Roach
By the end of last winter, I found myself making the same three soups — lentil, cabbage, tomato — over and over and over again. I promised myself then I would, upon next soup season, branch out—that I'd dip my toe in unchartered broths and brews before falling back to my reliable staples. And ...
Cream of Celery Soup with Walnut-Currant Salsa
One reason I love sharing cookbooks with my friends and family is that I know, through sharing, I'll discover something I wouldn't have otherwise. Take, for example, this cream of celery soup from Joshua McFadden's Six Seasons. If you have been reading for awhile, you know I love the book—nearly ...
Cal Peternell’s Black Bean Soup
Several years ago, while cooking my way through the soup chapter of Twelve Recipes, I discovered Cal Peternell's black bean soup. What I loved about the recipe was the simplicity of the flavors: sautéed onion and garlic, toasted cumin seed and crushed red pepper flakes. But there was an element ...