One of the best ways I know how to show love is with some extra effort in the kitchen. Whether it’s a batch of homemade cookies, cooking a favorite meal or even stopping by a restaurant to pickup a beloved dish, when Valentine’s Day falls on a Friday, you have all weekend to spread the […]
Tag: breakfast
Bourbon Syrup with a side of auction regret
When life gives you a giant plaster statue of Jack Daniels, you should make Bourbon Syrup with Pecans. (And never go to another silent auction again.) Bourbon Syrup with Pecans 1 1/2 cups good maple syrup 1/2 cup bourbon (Jack Daniels, preferred since he is now the ambassador of my living room) 1/2 cup heavy […]
Scott’s Biscotti
Lately I’ve been making a lot of healthy brain food that doesn’t taste like salmon. Here’s a biscotti recipe that I adapted from Ann Burrell that incorporates whole nuts, berries and dark chocolate in a not-so-sweet cookie for breakfast or dessert. She dips hers into a chocolate ganache, but I like the chocolate on the […]
Deviled Eggs Benedict
One of the very best happy accidents of this new venture has been how much more crowded my kitchen has become. As soon as I mentioned the new blog to my friends, they have jumped right in offering recipes, taste-testing, opinions, and wine-glass filling. The test kitchen has become my favorite place with some of […]
Banana Chocolate Chip Bread
There are numerous examples of my craziness and the impending severity of it, but number 876 is my inability to throw away over-ripe bananas without promising no one except myself, that I will not let that beautiful fruit go to waste and will immediately bake a lovely bread or muffin. The really crazy thing is […]
New Neighbor Bribe
Dear New Neighbor, Allow me to introduce myself, I’m your new neighbor. That neighbor. Oh, I don’t plan any trouble, slights, inadvertent impoliteness, or anything to make you call your insurance company, emergency services or realtor; but chances are pretty good that you will at some point. I apologize in advance and offer these anticipatory […]