Mac and Cheese Rarebit
3 cups cooked pasta (about 1/2 lb or 1/2 box uncooked). For best results, the pasta should be cooked one minute less than the minimum...
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Dec 4, 2020
Eggplant Parmesan
I forgot to post this last week, but am adding it now because it was (in my opinion) a bit of a triumph. I love all the flavors of...
Oct 25, 2020
Warm Salad of Brussels Sprouts, Blue Cheese, Shallots, and Dried Cranberries
A few years ago, my mother, sister, L. and I stopped for snacks and drinks at a little hole in the wall place on the Lower East Side. The...
Oct 11, 2020
Miso-Blue Cheese Sauce
A version of this sauce has been on my radar for years, and I have attached it below as the inspiration recipe. That being said, I did...
Feb 11, 2020
Bonus Recipe: "Rocamole"
This was originally a Nigella Lawson recipe but I have bastardized it so often during my many years of making it that I have no longer...
Nov 13, 2019
Baby Watercress Salad with Apple, Walnuts and Gorgonzola
I used to make this as a special treat for my sister, with crushed hazelnuts instead of walnuts. Back in the day it was a true act of...
Nov 6, 2019
Campanelle with Roasted Squash, Poblano and Grated Cotija
This shouldn't have worked but it did. The pumpkin and cheese melded together to form a creamy sauce that clung perfectly to the pasta,...
Sep 28, 2019
Margherita Pizza Tear and Share
This looks fancy-ish for a pizza but was actually a very simple dough to make and an easy technique to implement, with stellar results. I...
Sep 22, 2019
Bonus Recipe: Fried Mac and Cheese Bites
You can make these with leftover basic mac and cheese, or my grown-up version, or the one that you always make when you crave mac and...
Sep 20, 2019
Grown-Up Mushroom Mac and Cheese
I make various iterations of mac and cheese as post nursery food that L. and I still want to eat. This week I wanted something a bit more...
May 5, 2019
Roasted Cherry Tomato Toasts
This is the easiest snack or picnic dinner there is. Or, as I did this evening, make it a part of a tapas type dinner. All you need to do...
Mar 3, 2019
Chopped Sirloin Burgers with Bacon and Cheddar
Hand chopped top notch sirloin, smoked apple wood bacon, melted cheddar , the options of tomato, avocado, red onion, pickle and ketchup...
Sep 21, 2018
Contribution to a Ladies' Lunch
My mother asked me to make a Spanakopita Pie for a ladies lunch that she was hosting and I gladly complied. First, because I am a good...
Sep 8, 2018
Spanakopita Pie
I love bite-sized spanakopita as cocktail party fare but often find that a main course portion of the same starts to taste a bit...
Feb 20, 2018
Peperonata with Mint and Feta
My grocery store sells bags of these; red, yellow and orange baby peppers mixed together. Contrary to regular sized peppers, afer...
Dec 19, 2017
Macaroni and Cheese - 2 ways
I make 2 different versions of mac and cheese depending on circumstance - one is a creamy, gooey, comfort dish of a bowlful much loved by...
Nov 22, 2017
Fortnum and Mason Inspired Welsh Rarebit
When we lived in London, L. was 3 and we would, on occasion, go to Fortnum and Mason for a special treat lunch. We always had the same...
Sep 20, 2017
Recipe: Bacon and Tomato Tarte Tatin
I had a glut of beautiful mini heirloom tomatoes, which made the tart very pretty and colorful but regular sized, red ones would work...
Mar 27, 2016
Recipe: Spring Asparagus and Poached Rhubarb with Creamy Burrata
Though I took a rotten photo, I loved this but it got mixed reviews in the household - Stubbie felt that there was too much mint in the...
Jan 21, 2016
Carrot Gnocchi
Having made these, it occured to me that they would be a lovely contribution to an Easter meal because they come across as spring like...
Dec 8, 2015
Bonus Recipe: Holiday Canapes - Savory Palmiers
In California, people Just drop in on you. This came as a surprise to me, though also as a huge incentive to always have a presentable...
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