My favorite cookie of all time is the molasses cookie. It’s rich in spice: cinnamon, ginger, clove. It’s chewy and crackled on top, and has crunchy crystals of turbinado sugar sprinkled over it. My Dad has always favored this cookie as well. This past weekend my father, who has always...
So the title of this dish may not seem so catchy, but the flavor is great! By using both the zest and the juice of the lemon you get a super flavor that holds up well after the fish has baked. And because it only cooks for 15 minutes, the...
If you love deep, rich chocolate then this cake may be for you. Low-fat it is not, but heavenly it is. Although it contains stout, this cake does not taste like beer. It simply uses the roasted malt flavor from the beer to lend to the intense character of the...
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...
I would like to start off by saying that I love spinach. I love it raw in salads. I love it wilted in chicken broth, heavy on the freshly-cracked pepper. I love it slightly cooked and drizzled with olive oil, especially when a clove of two of fresh garlic has...
Not everything in my kitchen is made from scratch. If it was, I could probably have a new post for every day of the week. But it’s not, so I don’t. In fact, Neil and I can be found munching a take-out pizza about once a month. We’ve had our...
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...
If I had to pick one dish that I’ve cooked so far this year that I like best it would be this one. Slightly bitter collards contrasted by chunks of soft, slightly caramelized sweet potato. Add the crunchy texture and nutty flavor of toasted sunflower seeds, and the sweet and...
Need a new way to prepare winter greens that are lingering in the fridge? Or do you have some frozen peas to use up and aren’t quite sure how to go about making something interesting with them because if you serve plain ol’ peas again you’ll be banished from meal...