As you can see, I’m using the term “marbled” very loosely here, as the bread you’re looking at is not even remotely marbled.…
Party Recipe: Rosemary Pecan Raisin Crisps
Cooking for a Crowd, Recipes, Small Plates & Snacks February 28, 2010
Last week I blogged about a wine tasting party that I hosted. More specifically, I taunted you with photos of delicious food — yes, rosemary pecan raisin crisps, without telling you anything about it. For my other blog I’ve been doing a lot of research about food: not just cooking it and then forcing my friends to eat it (which I know, is weighty responsibility) but consequently learning more about it from experts that have dedicated their lives to their…
Spinach and Cheese Strata
Breakfast & Brunch, Cooking for a Crowd, Recipes, Weekend Cooking February 17, 2010
I’ve always been intrigued by GPOYW. I’ve seen some of my friends post gratuitous pictures of themselves on Wednesday. And coincidentally, I spent this Saturday afternoon with my photographer friend Allie, who just launched a brand new photography website. She snapped some photos as I was making a spinach and cheese strata.…
Lentil Soup with Spicy Italian Sausage
Cooking for a Crowd, Cooking for One or Two, Recipes, Weekend Cooking, Worknight Dinners February 11, 2010
I am, very easily, one of the world’s lightest sleepers. Somehow, I’ve honed the ability to sleep more soundly as I get older, but I only attribute that to the fact that I get less sleep and therefore, I crash harder when I eventually do drag myself to bed. Very early Wednesday morning, there was a small earthquake in the Western suburbs of Chicago. I slept straight through it, which was fine by me, because if I had been awake…
Bacon & Egg Breakfast Quesadilla
Breakfast & Brunch, Cooking for One or Two, Recipes February 9, 2010
If breakfast is the most important meal of the day, why do we only eat it once? I know that some of you out there can cheerfully eat anything in the morning – pizza, a turkey sandwich, leftover brisket with mashed potatoes…not me. If it wasn’t marketed specifically as breakfast and isn’t a chocolate chip cookie (because those aren’t marketed as breakfast but I think they should be) then your chances are that I won’t want to look at it…