Autumn Recipes
Warm Butternut Squash Salad with Chanterelles and Brussel Sprouts and Bacon Vinaigrette
This is a dish of contrast. The bright green of the brussels is beautiful next to the orange squash and the butter-colored mushrooms. The acidity of the vinaigrette balances the sweetness of the butternut squash and the nuttiness of the brussel sprouts. The crispness of the bacon is balanced by the tenderness of the squash [...]
Thanksgiving Apple Dessert – Holiday Apple Tart Recipe
As the holiday season approaches, and the invitations to pot-lucks, company parties, and family dinners begin to circulate, we often find ourselves searching our repertoire for crowd-pleasing recipes. I have found that winning dishes for these occasions are those that offer an element of tradition, but also have the ability to surprise us. This holiday [...]
Oleana’s Whipped Feta Mezze with Urfa and Aleppo Chilis
This was my favorite mezze from Oleana in Cambridge, MA the first time I visited, and to say the least I’ve been back a few times. Reason being? This is perhaps the perfect accompaniment for some delicious and soft foccacia or other warm bread. There are lots of feta dip recipes out there, but this [...]
Pot-Roasted Eggplant with Heirloom Tomatoes Recipe
When I was a kid, I was an exceptionally good eater. Perhaps this was due to the amount of time I spent with my mom in the kitchen, watching her create beautiful and aromatic dishes, helping her dice and stir and season. How could I not eat something that I had just spent the last [...]
Sweet Plum Cake Tatin Recipe – A Take on Upside-Down Cake
There are few treats from Mother Nature that are sweeter and more pleasing than a plum. Plums have such a beautiful balance of sweet and tart, which makes them a refreshing snack all on their own, or a nice addition to a variety of entrees and desserts. I had a surplus of plums on hand [...]
Creamed Swiss Chard with Onions and Fresh Thyme – Comforting and Simple French
For anyone who participates in any kind of farm share or organic food delivery service, as Adrian and I do, you find yourself needing to get creative when you end up with, say, Swiss chard for the 12th week in a row. I happen to love Swiss chard, not only because it tastes good but [...]
Holiday Appetizer Ideas: Olive Tapenade Recipe – Easy and Delicious!
A good olive tapenade recipe is great ammunition to have in your culinary cannon, especially during the holidays. Not only is tapenade a crowd-pleaser, it looks great and is super easy to make, especially if you have a food processor. It is also easy to make ahead of time as it will keep in the [...]
Thanksgiving Cornbread Stuffing Recipe with Apricots and Herbs
Aside from the turkey, the next most important piece of the Thanksgiving meal has to be stuffing, so I thought I would hurry up and do a post on my favorite kind of stuffing. I didn’t grow up eating cornbread stuffing. My mother always prepared stuffing with freshly baked, crusty French bread which she would [...]
Thanksgiving Cranberry Sauce Recipe with Orange
For most families, the thought of cranberry sauce evokes images in your mind of the gelatinous substance that slides out of the can, little ridges still intact, that you can slice with a knife and smother over your turkey. I know this is an American classic, and I am not here to suggest that you [...]
Italian Comfort Food: Jamie Oliver Inspired Ham and Kale Tart with Homemade Pastry Crust Recipe
This one was one of the first recipes that I noticed and wanted to try when I picked up the ‘Jaime at Home’ cookbook. It’s one of those recipes that is fairly intimidating (you have to make your own pastry crust) yet ultimately totally rewarding (because it’s so damn good). Jamie Oliver makes this with [...]
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