Archive for October, 2008
Sunday Morning Crepes
Mmm…Sunday Mornings: usually the one time of the week when I can sleep in for a couple hours, then drowsily rise to eat a leisurely full breakfast from my couch with a full mug of tea and a warm blanket draped over my lap. Recently, however, various trips and family obligations have kept me from [...]
French Ragout the Mushroom and Swiss Chard Way
Ragu or Ragout has long standing tradition in both Italian and French cuisine – though the term actually means different things in each culture. Italians have their regional Ragus; which for the most part imply a sauce including meats. Different yet similar varieties hail from the north and Bologna (Ragu Bolognese) and from the south [...]
Plum, Pear and Cardamom Coffee Cake with SoCo, Saffron and Ginger Ice Cream
I have been reading other food blogs for about a year now, and have always enjoyed the community that is formed in this way online. Bloggers from Paris, Canada, Seattle, Zurich and beyond can share their recipes, anecdotes, advice and recommendations with the touch of a button, and they do! Evidence of the warm collaboration [...]
“Spicy as you want ‘em” Szechuan Green Beans
My green bean story starts at a young age, when I was served your typical canned green beans that are mushy and flavorless. This variety of serving green beans really killed them for me until a friend of mine introduced me to the wonders of seasoning green beans with Asian flavors and not just your [...]
Beef Stew in the Slow Cooker
This weekend I made stew. Steaming hot, thick and meaty, spotted with bites of carrots, potatoes and chestnuts. Can you say fall? Though the stew was absolutely delicious, and the effects of comfort food are wonderful and reliable, my favorite part of the whole experience was the method used. My lovely friend Jerry, with whom [...]
Dear Diner…To Danny’s Diner in Porter Square
This is the first installment in what I hope to be a long series of diner reviews/letters in and around the Boston area. It will always start off with “Dear Diner”. So I will call it my Dear Diner column. The goal of Dear Diner is to help enforce a code of honor for those [...]
Failed Chicken and the Slow Food Movement
This post was supposed to be about chicken. Roasted whole chicken with crispy browned skin and juicy flavorful meat, draped in a flourish of rich gravy. Your mouth is watering, isn’t it? Mine would be too, if right now I were recalling the chicken described above. But I am not. I am thinking about the [...]
Spinach and Leek Soup with Ricotta
Autumn is here, and for me, that means time for soup. I think soup gets a bad rap – people think about making the stuff and they immediately dismiss the idea as being too high maintenance, too much effort for a simple weeknight dinner. I’m here to try to break that stereotype. Soup is simple [...]
Steak – It’s What’s for Dinner
Whether your bank account is being hit particularly hard right now by the current financial crisis or, like me, you are a perpetual penny-pincher, everyone can appreciate a recipe that brings dinner to a crowd for $20 or less. In fact, this steak preparation has many advantages. Besides being inexpensive, the prep time is minimal, [...]
Braised Chicken Breast with Fennel and Heirloom Tomatoes
This dish can also be made with chicken legs, which might actually hold up better to the braising process, but I already had bought the breasts and being bone-in, thought they’d work just fine. Braising meat is so sensual. It fills your house with amazing aromas and truly is a labor of love. In the [...]
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