Category: Make Ahead

Spring Chickens — Braciole di Pollo

When did chicken become the thing that we eat? Grilled chicken breasts. Baked chicken breasts. Roast chicken (OK, roast chicken is fantastic, but you get my drift). Maybe it’s the ubiquity, or maybe it’s the …

Perfect Picnic — Potatoes Gribiche

<img alt="potato salad cornichons smoked paprika hard boiled eggs" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3460/3377055399_1aa95ebd32.jpg?v=1241141102" title="Potatoes Gribiche" class="alignnone" width="500" height="333" /><br /> With the weather getting warmer, my thoughts start straying in the direction of picnics. Picnics, according to my …

Tea and Cookies — Earl Grey Cheesecake

It's the end of the month which means it's time for the Daring Bakers' Challenge. If you don't know about this group of intrepid, take-no-prisoners bakers, you can find out more at their brand new …

Creamy Homemade Hummus

Every night on my way home from work, I drive through Little Ethiopia and fantasize about Ethiopian food. Ethiopian food, if you've never had it, is usually made of a variety of …

Nearly a Century Carrot Cake

My grandmother, whom I call Memere, has style. In her youth she worked for the government in D.C. during World War II, and dated servicemen and undersecretaries. In her prime she wore …
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