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Entertaining Main Course Recipes
Dead Sexy Balsamic & Hoisin Barbecue Chicken
You’ve got a pile of fried chicken in front of you on a platter. You get first dibs on whatever piece you want.  What do you pick?  The pragmatist in me says, go for the breast.  More meat, less skin.  But the eight year old in me wins out, I’m going right for the drumstick.
December 12, 2012Share Post
Baking Photo One-offs Recipes
Quick Hit: Betty’s But Better – Cinnamon-Chipotle Snickerdoodles
betty's but better snickerdoodles dailywaffle I've mentioned before that Betty Crocker's Snickerdoodles are a mainstay of my holiday baking repertoire. It's a cookie I've loved since I was a kid and it's one of Wolf's favorites, too.  While he was in NYC this weekend, sending me jealous-making photos from Momofuku Noodle Bar and Il Laboratorio del Gelato, I was in the kitchen whipping up these cookies. (Good man, he brought me some Milk Bar cookies). With just a quick tweak, you get the cinnamon you're expecting in a snickerdoodle, but with a slow building smoky heat from the chipotle.  Two additional changes I do make to the original recipe -- add 1/2 t. vanilla and up the salt to 1/2 t. as well. Betty's, but one better.
December 10, 2012Share Post
Main Course Recipes
Almost Grandma’s Tamale Pie
  If you think back about eating at your grandparents’ house, do you associate certain foods with the dishes they were served in? In my grandma’s kitchen, there were two things that were made in a big white Corningware baking dish.  You know the one, square ceramic with a blue cornflower design on the side.  There was the dish I’d like to forget but can’t – tuna casserole with a potato chip topping. And there was tamale pie.
December 6, 2012Share Post
Main Course Recipes Soups
Meatless Monday: Chunky Vegetarian Chili
I’m a convert to Texas chili, having grown up on a chili powder version with kidney beans.  The upside is when we want a meaty chili, nothing but a bowl of red will do, and I’ll toast and soak the chiles. When the day calls for a vegetarian version, I can go straight for this chili without losing face and without a drop of geographical guilt.
December 2, 2012Share Post
Recipes Salads
Salad Inspiration: Arugula, Radicchio & Honeycrisps w/ White Balsamic
With just a few days to go until the Big Meal, we’re keeping things light around here (previous Twinkie post notwithstanding). I spent Sunday morning picking up a few last things, including the turkey, and then the spent most of the afternoon in the kitchen. It’s just not the holidays unless there’s Chex Mix. Last night's dinner was a relatively simply affair – Sriracha Sloppy Joes and this arugula, radicchio and honeycrisp apple salad.
November 19, 2012Share Post
Op-Ed
Hostess, Thanks for the Memories
I’ve never thought of myself as a real junk food junkie.  Yeah, I can give you an opinion on Cool Ranch versus Nacho-flavored Doritos. I can rank-order candy bars. We eat our fair share of sweets and treats around here, it’s just not usually of the Hostess variety. So when news broke on Friday that Hostess was shutting down, why did I go out before work in search of Twinkies, Hostess cupcakes and Donette Gems? For better or worse, that junk is part of my childhood, and likely yours, too.
November 18, 2012Share Post
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Recipes Salads Side Dishes
In Season: Kale, Asian Pear & Pomegranate Salad
Creating balance is sometimes about restraint.  You don’t always need flavor to smack you in the face to have a wow moment.  As you look at the piles of apples and pears in the produce section, it’s never been more true.  My favorite eating apple these days is the Honeycrisp. It’s not shy. It’s crunchy…
November 14, 2012Share Post
Recipes
In Season: Pomegranates…and Cosmos
Do you remember the first time you had fresh squeezed orange juice?  That first pulpy sip that made you say, wow, if this is orange juice, what the heck we been drinking at breakfast? That was me on Saturday, with pomegranate juice.  Yeah, I’ve had pomegranate juice from that bulbous-shaped bottle and it’s plenty tasty…
November 12, 2012Share Post
Baking Entertaining Recipes
Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto Pinwheels
Thanksgiving is just two (and a half) weeks away.  I’m sure you’re already working on your plan – turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, salad, green beans, pie.  But have you figured out snacks?  While everyone mills around or watches football before the big meal, don’t you need a little something to nosh on? Well, of course there'll be Chex Mix.  What about something a little more special, but still quick to make? These Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto Pinwheels fit the bill.  Pizza dough cinnamon roll people, this one’s for you.
November 7, 2012Share Post
Baking Recipes
Ginger Spice Banana Bread is the Holiday Bake You Need
Saturday morning. It’s still dark – moon-is-still-up-dark – at 7 a.m.  You check email, Twitter and Facebook while still lying in bed.  You get up, brush your teeth, let the dog out and then stumble into the kitchen to make coffee. It’s light by now, and there they are on the counter, shoved off to…
November 4, 2012Share Post
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