by Kate | Mar 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
I fully agree with the premise of this book which is: scaling down a recipe is not necessarily simple math. In other words, you can’t just divide all the ingredients by 2 or 4 to get the right sized meal for two people. Why? Because...
by Kate | Mar 5, 2015 | Bon Appetit Magazine, Uncategorized
I love when a dish can be both elegant, special, and yet an absolute snap to make. Gnaw-on-the-bone delicious doesn’t hurt either. This — from the April 2008 issue of Bon Appetit — checked all the boxes. It’s laughably simple: lamb...
by Kate | Feb 18, 2015 | Bon Appetit Magazine, Uncategorized
As I write this local Chicago weather professionals are going bonkers over a predicted record-setting temperature tomorrow. National weather folks are saying there will be wind chill factors in FLORIDA. And what most experts will tell you is that the best...
by Kate | Feb 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
I never truly embraced banana bread (or zucchini bread, or carrot cake) and only make it for the very sound reason that I often have black bananas. And having lived through the Great Depression and traveled Route 66 through most of the dust bowl with all my...
by Kate | Nov 17, 2013 | Jerusalem: A Cookbook, Uncategorized
So, believe it or not, people get very heated on the topic of food, particularly when it comes to tales of origin and authenticity. And poor hummus, such a humble yet deeply satisfying food, makes people just bonkers in Israel. According to Ottolenghi and...
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by Kate | Apr 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
From the April 2013 issue of Bon Appetit comes this very delicious, very easy Tikka. There are just a couple of things I want to say about it. One, the spices are key so if yours are old, or if you have no idea how old they are, or if they have a paper price sticker...
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