I am going to come right out here and say that I swiped this recipe from Martha Stewart and I don’t feel bad about it. You know what? If you go to just about any other food blog out there, you’ll probably see this exact same recipe because there are only so many ways to make a pie crust and even further, there are only so many ways to make a pie crust as good as this one. Trust Martha.…
Crunchy Red Quinoa Salad with Chai Tea Vinaigrette
Cooking for a Crowd, Recipes, Worknight Dinners August 15, 2010
During my sophomore year in college I started just about every day with a Chai tea latte. Unfazed by the calories that my daily drink was racking up, I couldn’t get enough of the warm, spicy flavor underneath the smooth ribbons of foam. When I eventually came to my senses and moved on to Starbucks Tazo Chai Filterbags (actually I developed a wicked coffee habit but this is neither the time or place for that discussion).…
One thing I love about cooking and baking is when I set out to make a recipe thinking it’s going to be screeching-nails-on-a-chalkboard frustrating and it surprises me by being so intrinsically simple that I could probably duplicate with with my eyes closed and one hand tied behind my back. Enter, vanilla rooibos biscotti.…
When I moved to Chicago I used to sit on the bus during my commute and marvel over the simple fact that I lived here. It was ironic, really, considering that I had spent the past four years in the epic “city that never sleeps” but I would stare at Lake Michigan with the same awe that I might give a UFO that landed on my front lawn.…
