Before Thanksgiving, I ran through the slate of dishes I was planning to make for the big day. And while I was definitely excited for that lovely dinner, it was all merely a precursor to my favorite meal of the year: Thanksgiving Leftovers. While the individual dishes of Thanksgiving can shine on their own, I …
This is another go to of mine. I think it originally came from Bon Appetit years ago. It is a staple in our house for weekend brunches and one of the things the kids request when they come home. What makes it special and distinctive is that it takes the yumminess of banana bread and …
A friend of mine recently learned that she has breast cancer so I offered to bring her dinner. Having been on the receiving end of many a meal during my own cancer journey, I now appreciate how that gesture is such an easy and tangible way to show someone you care about them and are …
Our Thanksgiving tradition, for the last 15 years or so, has been to celebrate the holiday with our friends Iris and Dan and their two daughters. Dan always deep fries a turkey (absolutely delicious – the meat stays tender and the skin is scrumptiously crispy) and Iris is the consummate hostess. I am always responsible …
Leigha and I have been trying to decrease the environmental impact of our cooking and dining. That takes the form of a lot of things – composting our food waste, eschewing plastic grocery bags and packages when possible, and eating more vegetarian meals. As I covered in a previous post, we’ve been trying to figure …
For many of us, Thanksgiving looks different this year. There will be fewer faces around the table and we cannot celebrate with everyone the way we have in years past. As Noah noted in his last blog post, he and Leigha are staying put in Wisconsin and we will miss them terribly. I love having …
Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday – it just doesn’t get any better for someone like me than a day dedicated to food, football, and family. And while the football is still going to be happening on Thursday (though I think Texans-Lions and Washington-Cowboys only barely qualify at this point), it is heartbreaking to …
The weather is all over the place these days, and when it is just a little bit chilly I instantly go into hunker-down-with-a-warm-bowl-of-comfort-food winter mode. One of my favorite warm you up meals is corned beef and cabbage. I love braised cabbage, so really that is the star of this dish for me, but a …
One of my favorite summer excursions is to head to Pisgah National Forest in the mountains of North Carolina and go to Sliding Rock. You drive deep into the forest and then come to a break in the magnificent trees and rocks to a parking lot crammed with cars unloading folks who, like you, want …
I always use spaetzle as a side dish – and what a delicious side dish it is! – but it never occurred to me to use it interchangeably with pasta. When I came across this recipe in the NYT Cooking collection, the description nailed it. “Spaetzle is basically a blank, buttery canvas that will absorb whatever …