Fall Real Sour Cream & Onion Dip The unfortunate consequence of being deprived of chips and dip as a child is that I am the girl at parties hovering over the... Continue Reading Real Sour Cream & Onion Dip»
Bread Recipes Pasta with Crispy Bread Crumbs, Anchovies, and Garlic Homemade bread crumbs slipped into our dinner regimen slowly, appearing on our salads to start, the kale caesars in particular, quietly replacing croutons altogether.... Continue Reading Pasta with Crispy Bread Crumbs, Anchovies, and Garlic»
Dinner Simple Honey-Baked Chicken Legs During my recent trip home to CT, my mother taught me how to make her homemade hamburger helper, a favorite of mine and my... Continue Reading Simple Honey-Baked Chicken Legs»
Soup Paul Steindler’s Cabbage Soup and A Peasant Bread Follow-Up Skip to Recipe When I’m home in CT visiting my parents, my favorite pastime is poking around the two basement refrigerators, the home of... Continue Reading Paul Steindler’s Cabbage Soup and A Peasant Bread Follow-Up»
Fall Pan-Seared Sesame-Crusted Tofu with Nuoc Cham When my paleo friends arrived at my doorstep carrying a Dean and Deluca bag, I suspected my fears about my non-paleo olives were for... Continue Reading Pan-Seared Sesame-Crusted Tofu with Nuoc Cham»
Vegetarian Super Easy Marinated Olives Today I find myself awaiting the arrival of a few dear friends, and for the first time in a long time, I feel very... Continue Reading Super Easy Marinated Olives»
Christmas Herb and Gruyère-Topped Baked (Shirred) Egg For Sunday morning breakfast I made baked eggs, also known as “shirred” eggs, a dish traditionally reserved in my family for one occasion and... Continue Reading Herb and Gruyère-Topped Baked (Shirred) Egg»
Easter Chez Panisse Almond Torte Some of you know my sister Lindsey. Some of you have only read about her here and thus only know about her penchant for... Continue Reading Chez Panisse Almond Torte»
Appetizers Baked Fontina I am all for buying two or three wedges of nice cheeses, plopping them on a cutting board, surrounding them with grapes and nuts... Continue Reading Baked Fontina»
Appetizers Salsa di Parmigiano Yesterday I spent the afternoon with two of my aunts in northern Virginia. Over the course of seven hours, we found a reason to... Continue Reading Salsa di Parmigiano»
Gifts Orange-Ricotta Pound Cake Flavored with orange zest and orange liqueur, this ricotta pound cake is incredibly tasty and moist. It is the perfect treat, particularly nice as... Continue Reading Orange-Ricotta Pound Cake»
Gifts $150 Gift Certificate Giveaway from Minted I received my first minted card in the mail three years ago just before Christmas. Upon opening it, I remember holding the card in... Continue Reading $150 Gift Certificate Giveaway from Minted»