Nourishing Joy in the Home Kitchen
It’s a magical time of year for the culinarily-minded in New England. The bridge between the hottest days of summer being edged out by the cooler nights of early fall means that just about every kind of produce is available in abundance. A visit to …
This dinner was a lesson in flavor-pairing on the fly. I found a recipe for Brown Butter Skate Wing from Chef Johnathan Waxman’s cookbook Italian, My Way and had been curious to try it out. I had to wait until I found skate wing at our local …
Lentil and root vegetable salad is one of my favorite meals on a cold winter night. This warm and cozy salad is the perfect entrée if you like feeling satisfied but not stuffed after dinner, maybe with some room for hot chocolate leftover while you …
In a former life, I created a very popular recipe for “Macaroni and Cheese with a Secret” that was wildly popular with my friends and blog followers. The “secret” was a can of pumpkin used to replace most of the cheese that would typically be …
It seems like we’re always “too busy” to eat homemade food regularly, which means most people resort to buying their lunches 5 times a week and many Americans eat out or get take out several times a week for dinner as well. In response to …
Hubtastic has decided that he’d like to become The Baker of the family, while I remain The Cook. I love that idea, because he’s a scientific-perfectionist and I’m much more about whimsical improvisation, which I hope is evident from the entire premise of this website. …
