Category: Recipes

Because, you see, it's a recipe that kind of sums up everything my cooking is about. It's EASY. It's elegant. It's something you could serve your kids for dinner on a Tuesday …

I decided to celebrate with cake. I heard mention of a German dessert called "Rhabarberkuchen" somewhere on the interwebs, and immediately it summoned an image of a soft, yeasty cake topped by soft, tart rhubarb. …

Broccoli salad, now, there's the ticket.  It has the advantages of sturdiness, and anything with broccoli imparts that aura of good health.  My kids will sometimes eat it (though the Nuni's BFF complained that it …

Nothing really sings of spring like Asparagus. The little stalks, poking up so proudly, and tasting so very green are the essence of all that is springtime. Asparagus was a seasonal vegetable before eating seasonally …

When I was a kid, we mostly ate salads.  My dad was not a vegetable-lover, and with a few notable exceptions (artichokes and asparagus) we primarily consumed our vegetables raw.  As a result, I held …

I told my husband last night that I loved him but what I really need is a 1950’s wife.  Someone who will hand me a cocktail and my slippers when I walk in the door …

    I never think of myself as a soup eater.  When I was a kid, even though I grew up in a foodie family, soup more often than not came from a can, and …