Chocolate almonds are an easy project that children can participate in. My eleven year-old niece Isabelle and I spent a relaxing half hour making them. Most of the time is spent dipping the almonds in the chocolate mixture. We decided to experiment with a “Mexican” flavor by adding cinnamon and cayenne pepper and we loved…
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a lifetime of indulgent eating
As I sit writing this I am eating one of my most recently acquired indulgent food habits, a chocolate peanut butter sandwich. It’s a snack that I’ve made for several years now, and one that has evolved with my changing kitchens. When I lived alone in a city apartment with a very small kitchen, I…
Apple Pancakes…Bittman’s Way
I have the recipe for Mark Bittman’s Light and Fluffy Pancakes from his How to Cook Everything cookbook memorized because I have been making them for many many years. They require more of an effort than regular pancakes, but if you have the time and energy, I think they’re worth it! The content of these…
{What’s New in My Kitchen Wednesday} Dinner table memories-in-the-making
Probably my strongest childhood memories are of sitting around my mother’s round dining room table with my parents and two older brothers as we finished dinner and lingered to talk. I relished those moments, spent after a good dinner talking, teasing and debating together, sometimes lasting well in to the evening. A dinner table represents…
Curing Kitchen Boredom with Shrimp!
Purchasing the same foods each week can leave me feeling incredibly bored. My usual, figure-it-out-as-you-go cooking method is fun, but can get tiresome because if you’re always starting with the same ingredients, it’s challenging to end up with a different result. Even with the lovely variety of farmers market additions, the repetition of the same…
{Be Adaptable} Coleslaw in a Pinch
So it was the day after pigging out on a dinner of take-out Chinese with weekend guests and we wanted to finish off the leftovers (even though we were still not feeling so good about how it had made us feel the night before). Unfortunately we didn’t have quite enough leftovers to feed us all…
{100th} Post Milestone…Part One
I can’t believe we’ve made it to 100+ posts. In March, I started this blog as an off-shoot of our monthly meetings, purely a way to communicate with each other, in between meetings. My thought was “keep the energy and passion going, sharing recipes, local food events and food musings. No dead air.” We are…
Lazy Chef’s Lentil Soup
On many a cold, dreary day, I have found myself looking for a can of prepared lentil soup in my kitchen cabinets. Fortunately, since I seldom think to buy it when I’m at the grocery store, it’s usually not stocked in my home and I am forced to make a much healthier version from scratch. …
What’s New In Your Kitchen Wednesday
What’s new in my kitchen is actually about seventy or so years old. It’s a Mirro Aluminum Cooky and Pastry Press that belonged to my mother’s mother and has been used to make Christmas cookies for three generations. After my mother married a Jew many years ago, her own passion for making Christmas cookies fizzled…
Our Newest Member…Alexis
We have a new team member and before her first post goes live, I wanted to take an opportunity to introduce her. From her bio: “Alexis works as a psychotherapist but is most appreciated for her role as cook by her husband and 20 month old daughter. She has always loved to cook and finds…
