Category: Recipes

It has been one of those weeks. You know what I mean. I have approximately sixty deadlines at work, my house looks like a tornado hit it, and that tornado takes shape in the form …

It’s confession time. I love mashed potatoes. I know they’re terribly unfashionable in our low glycemic-index, phytochemical-obsessed, Mediterranean Diet culture. They’re stodgy and white and lacking in high concentrations of flavonoids or anthocyanins, without the …

I’m always looking for easy crockpot recipes that can either feed a crowd or be repurposed as leftovers.  This crockpot pulled pork – made with vinegar in the Carolina style, is the most popular recipe …

There’s this idea when it comes to baked goods, especially in America, that more is necessarily better. More gooey, more sweet, more creamy, more decadent. And while I am IN NO WAY coming out against …

If your market is anything like mine, you may have noticed (from the displays of Guinness, cabbage, and “Kiss me I’m Irish” aprons) that Tuesday is the feast of the patron saint of Ireland, Saint …

When my daughter was tiny, I looked for any excuse to get out of the house, so my days wouldn’t be an endless cycle of yesterday’s pajamas and sour milk. She was happiest in …

When I was growing up, I was never told to eat my brussels sprouts. Or my lima beans. Or my parsnips. This isn’t because I was some infant prodigy vegetable lover, but because these vegetables, …