Bringing "back in the day" back to today
There were two reasons why this recipe made the menu this week. For one, I was sick of a can of water chestnuts staring at me every time that I opened the pantry. And when it’s below zero outside, a cooped up New Yorker will do just about anything to remind themselves of summer. This …
It all started when I was a kid. Taco night. I always looked forward to taco night. But, you need to understand that we are talking about store bought taco seasoning packet with crispy taco shells of unknown vintage. They were great, shredded lettuce and mozzarella cheese topped bottled taco sauce. As I have grown …
Let me start off by saying that Foodgawker, Tastespotting and all the recipe sites hate our pictures. Until the constant barrage of rejection flooded our inbox I could honestly say that I had not given any thought to how to take a picture of food. Clearly, I am not a photographer. We’re in there swinging …
Update: After several months of making this recipe there a couple of additions we want to add. Firstly, the more that you make this recipe, or any bread recipe for that matter, the better you get at forming the loaves and before you know it, they will look like bread from your favorite bakery. Another observation is …
Two of things that keep a food blogger on their toes are to keep up with the newest trends in food and cooking food that our family will actually eat. This recipe covers both. As part of my day to day activities, I look at the big food blog sites and look for interesting things …
In August (I know, who eats chowder in August?), I had a surplus of fresh corn and decided to search for a corn chowder recipe. Presenting a hot steamy dish of chowder in August without getting a round of complaints from the family was going to take pure magic. This chicken and corn chowder recipe …
I came to love mushroom risotto after a series of dinner misfires while we were away on vacation. Kelly was attending a conference at one of the resorts at Disney World and the rest of the family came along for a nice mid-winter getaway. Since we stayed right on Disney property we spent a fair …
I am pretty lucky to have kids that will eat almost anything. So when my daughter invited a friend (a “picky eater”) to stay for dinner, I placed the bowl in front of her and held my breath. Imagine my surprise when she gobbled it all up and asked for more! Did you read my earlier post …
We are into the new year now and that means that our “only from scratch” experiment is on! Although we started to dabble with this concept a few weeks early, we are now more committed to changing our lifestyle and that means trying not to fall back on easy, prepared foods. It’s only the third …
It’s negative zero here in New York this week so I planned a menu containing some winter favorites, but also a couple things that remind me of summer! Recipes and pictures to follow!
