There is no denying that I am a comfort food kind of girl.
In the face of summer, I cling to slow cooking by my fingernails until my stove and oven are groaning in protest (as we ...
It may surprise you to learn that I am not of Italian ancestry. That does not mean that I don’t enjoy a good Italian meal, nor that I am incapable of recognizing one when I come ...
I don’t often have leftover chicken, but this is a recipe where if I didn’t have leftover chicken, I would darn well make some chicken to have leftovers to put this dish togeth ...
Confession is good for the soul, I’m told, so I may as well get something off my chest right now: I don’t know beans about football. Here it is, just before the Superbowl, and ...
I think I prefer cooking in cooler weather than any other time of the year. I do tend to make healthy, simple meals for my family during the week, but every so often you have to pu ...
I’ve been lamenting the zucchini in its ever-growing pile on my kitchen counter.
I am funny about texture (I have a difficult time enjoying anything soggy) and zucchini tends t ...
While we don’t do it very often, I really do love having friends over for dinner.
However (and this is a failing of mine), I also tend to overcomplicate things. I will work mys ...
Summer produce always brings to mind my Charles Dickens habit and makes me start murmuring about the best of times and the worst of times, and really – how better to describe it? ...
My niece recently asked me what my favorite meal is.
When you’re 9, this is an easy question to answer — and the answer tends to be something like “pizza” or “hamburger ...
Soaring summertime heat always sends me in search of spicy food.
Maybe it’s the idea that at least if I’m heating myself up on the inside, I have some kind of control over my ...
