Spinach, Pesto and Fontina Lasagne

Cooking for a Crowd, Recipes, Weekend Cooking

Today’s post is dedicated to my reader’s in Antarctica. To my readers in Iceland and my readers in the coldest, darkest regions of Alaska. This post is dedicated to anyone who will be nowhere near a pool for weeks and weeks and months and has no qualms about stuffing their faces with fontina cheese, pesto sauce and a rich béchamel despite the fact that summer is here and swimsuit season is upon us. My friends and I fit securely into…

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Cowboy Caviar

Cooking for a Crowd, Recipes, Worknight Dinners
cowboy caviar

I talk about food a lot here, but it’s time that I reveal a little personal tidbit about myself: I like country music. I went to college in central Pennsylvania and that’s where it all started. At first it was a little Tim McGraw, the occasional Leanne Womack song on the radio.…

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Buffalo Chicken Dip

Recipes, Small Plates & Snacks

  I’m not a huge sports fan but I admit that the scene in Chicago has been pretty exciting lately if you’re into that kind of thing. And even though I admittedly could care less about the tenacious pursuit of a puck, ball, base or net, it’s hard not to enjoy watching grown men jumping around like twelve year old little league players celebrating victory to the tune of Kanye West. Between the bars filled with World Cup aficionados and…

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