While out marketing a few days ago I came across three nice-looking tuna steaks, so I picked them up. In the same 24 hours I received an email with a wonderful-looking recipe for Asian tuna: a sweet and syrupy pan sauce with thick slices of shitake mushrooms in it. I...
Is it lemon season where you are and you have an abundance of those waxy, yellow beauties to zest and juice? Maybe there’s this little bit of ricotta hanging out in your fridge that you really don’t want to just toss, yet how else will you use it? Do you ...
I love growing my own fruits and veggies. This year I started all of the plants for the garden indoors, from seed, and just got them transplanted to small pots this past weekend. I can’t wait until they’re in the freshly tilled garden plot. The raspberry bush has been trimmed...
When I got this recipe in my inbox last week I decided immediately that I had to try it. Packed with vitamins K and C, sweetened by roasted red peppers and balsamic vinegar, popping! with fresh garlic and basil, and bittered by arugula, this dish has it all. I decided...
A stand-up carrot cake recipe is always a good thing to have in one’s repertoire, in my opinion. This recipe is stand-up. It’s flavorful without being over-done. It’s moist without being heavy or greasy. It’s loaded with fruits and, therefore, fiber (which must mean that it’s healthy-right?). And to top...
If you’ve never eaten a cooked radish then you’re missing out. If you’ve only ever had them raw and disliked radishes and written them off, again, you’re missing out. When a peppery & crunchy radish is cooked its flavor and texture transform into something wonderful. Something buttery. Something smooth. Something...
Ladies and gentlemen: what kitch has for you today is another creation out of guest chef Neil’s kitchen. This started off as a vegetarian dish to which Neil added chicken for protein, but it could certainly swing back to veg in a heartbeat. He pulled off a cream sauce made...
…and all I have to have finished by Friday afternoon is: two batches of applesauce one sweet potato pie a few dozen mini corn muffins a bittersweet chocolate tart a dozen panna cotta one goat cheese cheesecake on molasses cookie crust, topped with honeyed cranberries a dozen peanut butter and...
So a coworker shared a recipe this week for a lemon ricotta cookie. When I found out this morning that Mom would be bringing Gram by for tea this afternoon I knew that I had the perfect reason to try them. They came out very nice. I have tweaked the...