These banana bread cookies are perfect with your morning coffee or afternoon tea. I’ve never been much of a baker…until recent years. I started baking my own cookies, scones and quick breads or muffins on a regular basis because I love baked goods but I literally can’t stomach the store bought kind. They’re way to […]
This is what was for dinner last night…biscuits and sausage gravy…Italian style. My daughter is visiting from LA and this is one of her favorite dishes. It’s a Southern classic but perfect for an autumn evening in New England. And makes for an easy, quick weeknight meal. You wouldn’t think so because you may […]
Broccoli rabe is one of those vegetables that you either love or hate. But like lots of vegetables, like broccoli or cabbage or spinach, I think our love/hate feelings is more about how the vegetable is prepared than anything else. I have found that many people who say they hate vegetables say it because […]
Flatbread Pizza I’ve made a lot of pizza in my day and one of my favorite short cuts to this hugely popular food, is flatbread. Grill it. Top it. Wait for the cheese to melt and it’s good to go. For a fun pizza party, I like to sauté a variety of vegetables in a […]
I’ve been experimenting with various stuffing recipes for people who won’t be stuffing a turkey this Thanksgiving. While I was at it, I thought I might as well make it gluten free, too. I diced up my GF sandwich bread and toasted it in the oven for about 10 minutes or so, until it was […]
Eggplant is an often underappreciated vegetable, mainly – I believe – because it’s often not prepared well – like many vegetables that people say they don’t like. How many of you grew up not liking vegetables because you were forced to eat them steamed and devoid of flavor? I grew up loving vegetables because […]
Every Thanksgiving my family wants me to make my sausage and fennel stuffing. I admit it’s delicious, but this year I’ve been experimenting with other versions that I’ve made in a large 13″ Le Creuset deep skillet. I love this skillet because it can go from stovetop to oven to the table…so it’s perfect for […]
I made this dish recently at a demo I did at Williams-Sonoma in Danbury, CT and it has since become a personal favorite of mine. The flavor was tomato at it’s best with a freshness and lightness that you just can’t get from jarred tomatoes. Since tomatoes are in season all over the US and […]
Bruschetta with sliced grilled sausage and peach salsa. OMG…Good! Do you find it frustrating to try and please everyone at the dinner table? Sometimes it seems you end up pleasing no one because everyone has different preferences. You feel like screaming…”This is not a restaurant where everyone gets to choose something different!” But […]
Maybe it’s the deep freeze here in the northeast corner of the US, but I’m still craving some comfort food. Or maybe it’s because last week it was salads? But tonight, I went South…and made some biscuits and sausage gravy. The biscuits had a firm, golden crust, but were soft and light on the inside. […]
