I'm channeling Andy Rooney today...
Once Halloween comes and goes, it's Christmas. Somewhere in between there, Thanksgiving has just gotten lost in the shuffle. You hardly get to enjoy fall before retailers are jamming Santa and Rudolph and wreaths and holly down your throat. What happened to Thanksgiving and turkey and pilgrims and Indian corn (whoops…
> Spreadsheet image from Lifehacker After you've done it a few times, hosting Thanksgiving in a relatively small family is no big deal. As long as you have a big enough kitchen. It's a good thing we've got a second fridge out in the garage though because I've gone overboard -- AGAIN.…
So we aren't carving pumpkins or giving out candy this year on Halloween. I know - what is this, Hoo-ville? I don't know - I'm just not in the spirit this year and we always end up with a lot of leftover candy and it's a Wednesday and... (ok, no more excuses, just shut up…
Some Sundays when I feel really motivated (definitely not today) I cook up something that requires more time than I've got during the week. Last Sunday, it was vegetarian chili. The fridge was chock full of veg waiting to be used up and I must have been feeling vegetable deficient since I decided to forego…
So -the Gourmet Next Door. How was it? Was it Julia Child meets Rachael Ray? I'm sorry to say, it's lowest common denomenator. How many times have you seen someone on FN make a flank steak or a London broil and advise cutting it across the grain? For that matter, how many times did it…
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The winners of the Next Food Network Star don't have much of a track record when it comes to having successful shows on Food Network. I lost interest in Partyline with Hearty Boys (who thought of that and how quick were they fired?) after just a couple of episodes. And Guy's Big…
Even when I cook just for myself, I make too much. I went to the Farmers Market Saturday knowing fruit and veg intake would be down this week and still came home with a full bag of produce. Take this one for instance -- Giada de Laurentiis' recipe for Whole Wheat Linguini with Green Beans,…
I'm not known to be bread baker, probably because I am known to be impatient. Bread is Wolf's department. But I had an urge and a big bag of all purpose flour and nothing better to do on a Sunday. So here's my Pao Doce using Pao Doce recipe #2 in the Buddhist Church…
As you enter Spruce, you walk through a lovely brick archway half enclosed by a black wrought iron gate. On the right, there's a small bar area and on the left a coffee bar. Inside, you're greeted by an imposing black wall against which the host area stands. The bar runs along the right wall,…
It's understandable that around the time you're slathering ciabatta with pesto and topping it with fresh mozzarella and beefsteak tomato slices, you're also throwing together batch after batch of pico de gallo. It's understandable that in your frenzy over the piles of Early Girls and Goliaths and Brandywines and Yellow Zebras, you might just pass…