Roasted Beets with Thyme
Posted on November 30, 2008 - Filed Under vegetables | 3 Comments
Last week, I discovered gigantic beets, the size of softballs, at a favorite market. I’ve never seen anything like them before. Better yet, they were only $0.69 per pound. So, of course I had to pick up several at that rock bottom price.
Now, I could have just boiled the beets — I love boiled beets [...]
Dispatches From Thanksgiving
Posted on November 28, 2008 - Filed Under Thanksgiving | 7 Comments
The Turkey
Centerpiece
Bread and Cheese
Read More..>>Top Chef New York: Week Four
Posted on November 27, 2008 - Filed Under Top Chef | 2 Comments
I need to get this off my chest: Ariane’s reaction to criticism during the Quick Fire challenge was pitiful. The flicked head and rolled eyes really got under my skin. Fast. She needs to step up or get out.
If last season was the season of gratuitous cursing, this season is the season of bad attitudes. [...]
Healthy and Tasty Turkey Meatballs
Posted on November 26, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 3 Comments
Sometimes, I just don’t know where to start when I write about a recipe. Do I tell you how Paige ate so many of these meatballs that I wondered if she was hiding them in her shirt for later? Or do I tell you how Will was reluctant to eat them, but ended up cleaning [...]
Read More..>>Maple Bacon Butternut Squash
Posted on November 23, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 2 Comments
One Thanksgiving, before I was married, I volunteered to make side dishes for Thanksgiving dinner. Back then, I was an unsure cook without substantial kitchen knowledge. It was the biggest culinary undertaking I’d ever had to date. I aimed for classic. I hunted around through cookbooks and the internet and came up with about a [...]
Read More..>>Top Chef New York: Week 2
Posted on November 22, 2008 - Filed Under Top Chef | 2 Comments
Wow, where to begin?
A lot of the dishes served this episode seemed to fail. And in some of the cases, the chefs knew the dishes weren’t that good before they served them. Why send a not-so-good dish out? And what’s with all the dated plating and presentation? I would think that as Top Chef competitors, [...]
Sweet Indulgence: Soft Vanilla Sugar Cookies
Posted on November 21, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 7 Comments
When I discovered the recipe for these cookies, they seemed simple enough to try on a busy night. I did, and they were the softest, most wonderfully vanilla-y and butter-y cookie I’d ever had. I loved them. So, the tender, sweet goodness that is these cookies has become a fixture in my cookie jar.
Speaking of [...]
Birthday Girl
Posted on November 20, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 11 Comments
Has it really been a whole year?
Read More..>>Thanksgiving: T-Minus Nine Days
Posted on November 19, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 3 Comments
Yesterday, I was floating in Long Island Sound in the kayak that my uncle bought me as a college graduation gift … or it feel s that way at least. In truth though, that day was nearly three months of yesterdays ago. Yes, folks, time is flying and it’s flying faster than fast. We’ve kissed [...]
Read More..>>The $10 Dinner Challenge #1
Posted on November 18, 2008 - Filed Under $10 Dinner Challenge | 2 Comments
We did it with $7, including a dessert or appetizer. And somehow, that seemed not too bad. Yes, it was challenging. But it wasn’t so challenging that I ever worried that I might not have made the limit. But this week, with a slightly larger $10 budget and without the added stress of an app [...]
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