If the upcoming Super Bowl game immediately brings chili to mind, and you’re in the mood to try something a little different, this is a great recipe. Even if you’re nervous about experimenting, as I was the first time I made it, what better occasion to try something new? I actually made it for...
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I can honestly say that this is the first time I’ve ever cooked with fennel. I’ve used the seed before, but never the bulb. Fennel looks kind of like celery with a bigger bottom and fronds at the top that look like dill. It has a black licorice-type smell, which probably explains why I...
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If you have ever had a Mozzarepa at a New York City street fair, you are going to want to try this recipe. Not sure what a Mozzarepa is? If you’re a fan of corn and cheese, which I am, then this wonderful “street food” is for you. Picture a large corn bread pancake...
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Once the weather gets cold, I’m a soup girl, but there are two challenges that come with one of my favorite types of meals. My first challenge is creating a variety of soups– I get bored. I easily have five or six cookbooks for just soups and a plethora of other cookbooks that have...
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At the end of this past summer, I was fortunate enough to receive a food gift: frying peppers from my brother-in-law’s garden. I don’t know how he does it, but all of his vegetables grow well and are delicious. I figured I had two choices with the peppers, saute them with onions and serve with sausage, or...
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I shouldn’t have been surprised when Thanksgiving arrived on the third Thursday of November; it always does. Every year. Same time. What I had trouble with was efficient dinner planning that also involved avoiding poultry. Enter: my Crock Pot. With increasingly busy afternoons and less time to plan ahead for dinner, I have a...
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This recipe is a loose adaptation of this one from a Williams Sonoma catalog. I”ve always been a sucker for their recipes and this one looked easy and delicious. However, I ended up veering so far away from it based on what was in my pantry, that my adaptations are so far from the original it’s almost not worth mentioning. I’d...
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As I was emailing and talking with Scott Savokinas for his Corned Beef and Cabbage recipe, he mentioned to me that he had an overnight slow cooker applesauce recipe which he was willing to share. To appreciate this, one would have to understand what happens with applesauce in my house. One, it is always...
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It happens to me almost every holiday. I plan a delicious meal, if I may say so myself, and then realize that I have overbooked my oven. Even with what I would call an oven and a half (someday I’ll have a double oven) I have to plan baking dish sizes appropriately so I can work...
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This was our St. Patrick’s Day meal. I had already made my traditional corned beef and cabbage the week before, but I still felt the need for a little something that spoke to my heritage. It will probably be one of our final stews of the season, now that it’s getting warmer and soon...
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