The Food Lab
Sometimes the hardest part of all of this is choosing a worthwhile book to review. Why? Well, frankly there's a lot of merde out there. From a cursory Amazon search of 7,663 [actual number not a re-enactment] cookbooks published in the last 90 days the vast...
Ultimate Sugar Cookies
Even though I have a perfectly fine recipe for sugar cookies, I'm always open to try a new one. Because resisting new things makes you old and gives you frown lines and age spots and turkey neck. True story. This one is from the December 2013 issue of Bon Appetit...
Grilled Shrimp and Vegetables with Pearl Couscous
I made this dish a long time ago and then forgot to tell you about it. Forgive me. It has been one of my favorite summer meals for a long time because it's got so much going for it. It's healthy, it's quick, and it's a self-contained complete meal and, let's be...
Sweet Roasted Butternut Squash and Greens Over Bow-Tie Pasta
This scrumptious looking dish came across my facebook feed one day and, completely out of character, I just decided to make it. My dear friend Anne was coming to town to run ihe Hot Chocolate 5K with me and this seemed like the perfect pre-race dinner. It's from The...
Sweet Potato Soup
You know how I get all excited when a recipe turns out to be way more delicious than the ingredients suggest? That happened. It happend when nothing more than 2 lbs of sweet potatoes, a shallot, a little butter, and water for crying out loud, came together. You'd...