Rooting for the Underdog of a Year with Cheddar Topped Shepherd’s Pie
The new year has begun with a bang. Watching and reading the news, it feels like the grand finale of a fireworks show. Only after two years of fatigue riddled c...
Category: Food
French Onion Soup with Gruyère Cheese Croutons
French bread, caramelized onions, white wine and cheese was there ever a more comforting and decadent list of ingredients? This is why French Onion Soup soup re...
Roasted Salad Niçoise
“What a beautiful, appetizing and satisfying creation the salad is-and what a simple one, too. Nature provides; you combine.” Julia Child I can stil...
Friday Night Fried Chicken Sandwiches
Friday night dinners in our house are usually simple and fun. At the end of the week I don’t want to be fussing over something too difficult. Fridays dinn...
Greek Salmon Burgers
I have been away from writing a little longer than I had planned as we took an unexpected road trip to back home to Texas. But I am back with a new summer garde...
Caramelized Onion and Bacon Quiche
Caramelized onions have a savory sweetness to them that adds a certain magic to many classic French dishes. I happen to love them in quiche. My favorite quiche ...
Reading and Eating: Alex Guarnaschelli’s Steak Diane
My love of cookbooks has shaped me as a cook and a writer. I have spent countless hours reading and pursuing my library’s large collection of cookbooks. ...
Chicken Saltimbocca
What I love about Italian cooking is how it can take a small number of ingredients and celebrate or bringing out the best in each one. Italian cooking creates t...
Fish and Chips
There are some childhood rules that just beg to broken, like “don’t play with your food.” The first person who uttered that phrase was surely not a cook. Over t...
A Few of My Favorite Things: Bourbon Balls
This holiday season I have been sharing some of my favorites. The things my family loves to bake and share year after year. These bourbon balls are a holiday cl...