broccoli salad
I had one of those weekends that started off with an almond croissant Saturday morning and didn’t end until I polished off a Saint Louie pizza…
snickerdoodles
One of the reasons I started my blog was to document recipes for my daughter, Chelsea….remember my first post about the sweet and spicy chocolate hippo…
warm kale-butternut salad
Think of this as a warm autumn salad….the kind of salad that will warm up a certain housemate who is from Florida and thinks 48 degrees…
concord grape sorbet
Every September I eagerly await the arrival of Concord grapes. Only available for a short time during the late summer and early fall, I could eat…
chili pepper corn bread
This cornbread recipe was supposed to be roasted corn on the cob. Except that SOMEONE in my house, who never does anything in the kitchen decided…
salted caramel sauce
I am terrified of being alone at night. Ever since I was a child, as night fell, I feared the boogeyman. And to this day, if…
the speedy romeo
Ah, Speedy Romeo. The Restaurant? The Pizza? The racehorse? Yep, Speedy Romeo is all of these things. But I like to concern myself with the first…
pizza margherita
“Pizza I love”. That was the first sentence I remember my daughter writing. It was the title of a picture she had drawn of the two…
basic pizza dough
If I had to choose one thing to eat for the rest of my life, it would be pizza. And any good pizza lover needs to…
chopped salad with salsa verde dressing
My dear friend Jane and I were chatting this weekend about how tomatillos have become such a staple in our everyday cooking. Just a few short…
chocolate hippos 