Bringing "back in the day" back to today
Before I left work today, everyone was talking about what type of food that they were ordering for dinner tonight. I must admit that I was seriously considering ordering a pizza. When I arrived home, I found Eric toiling away in the kitchen whipping up homemade Chinese food. The results were 1000x better than anything I’ve ever …
Growing up just outside of Utica means that chicken riggies were a must have at picnics, family functions, and on restaurant menus. Interestingly, if you stray too far from the Utica/Rome region people don’t know what the heck you’re talking about. Over the past few years, I have seen Utica chicken riggies popping up on menus …
If you are in need of comfort food, this is it! This chicken and rice soup is creamy, flavorful, and mmm, mmm, good. Make it once and you’ll say good-bye to Campbell’s. Obviously, this is not going to be as easy or as quick as popping open canned soup. Bear with me here. I did …
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 …
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 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 …