When I first mentioned to my friends that I was making Grilled Caesar Salad, they looked at my like I had two heads.…
Sun-Dried Tomato & Feta Dip
Cooking for a Crowd, Recipes, Small Plates & Snacks, Weekend Cooking April 15, 2014
In theory, I like yogurt. When I eat it, I enjoy it. When I go to the grocery store, I always buy it. I buy it when I have more than enough in my refrigerator to eat for breakfast or the occasional snack. If you live alone and like to cook, it’s probably not a foreign conundrum — throwing out a half-used, wilted bunch of basil before you can get around to making pesto or tossing two-thirds of a lasagne…
Peach Salsa Bruschetta with Melted Brie
Cooking for a Crowd, Recipes, Small Plates & Snacks April 15, 2014
Some of the best things in life come in pairs. Flavors, for me, are no exception. Taste buds on the human tongue can detect four flavors: sweet, sour, bitter and salty. Even though the average person has 10,000 taste buds (a number that is said to decrease as we age) they make only four distinctions between the types of food we eat.…
If you love to eat and entertain in equal measure, a wine and cheese party is the perfect opportunity to play hostess. On Saturday I wrote a guest post for the ladies at Big Girls Small Kitchen about how to host the perfect wine and cheese party. For those of you who didn’t see it, I wanted to share some of my tips here for anyone who wants to get their wine and cheese on this weekend. If you’re serving…
Baked Chicken Meatballs with Pancetta
Cooking for a Crowd, Recipes, Small Plates & Snacks, Weekend Cooking, Worknight Dinners April 15, 2014
There are a few special skills that I possess of which I am exceptionally proud: I can fold fitted sheets with unusual competence, I can make excellent meatballs and in middle school I could figure out any boy’s schedule if I knew when he had lunch, gym and study hall. In retrospect there, I probably should have just left you at meatballs.…