♬♬♬ It's the most wonderful time of the year... ♬♬♬ I hum this to myself a lot: When my first CSA arrives in June. When the first good tomatoes all but fall of the vine in early September. When snowflakes the size of golf balls drop from the sky. AND, most of all, when it's time to talk about ...
12 Days of Cookbooks (!!!) — Chatting About The Season’s New Books with Margaret Roach
Apple Orchard Muffins
I haven't made a muffin in ages, and truthfully, muffin recipes rarely call my name anymore. But this "Apple Orchard" muffin, from the Red Truck Bakery cookbook, sounded too good not to make immediately. For one, the recipe calls for all of my favorite ingredients: oil (as opposed to butter), ...
Sister Pie’s Salted Maple Pie
Hi Friends. I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I'm still typing up my after-action report, but in the meantime I wanted to share with you a recipe for Sister Pie's salted maple pie, a perfect fall dessert, a salty-sweet, custardy treat that received rave reviews this past ...
Franny’s Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Manchego & Toasted Almonds
A few weeks ago, I found myself at the library with Ella looking for yet another Calvin and Hobbes book. Once I found it, I ducked around the corner to the cookbook section for a quick peek and spotted Franny's, a cookbook I did not know existed. I learned about Franny's, a restaurant in ...
Thanksgiving 2018
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 ...