This will be a delicious Spring dish when that long awaited season arrives and Spring peas make their first appearance, but I had a...

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...

I received a comment on this week's menu post asking about my sources of inspiration when I cook, specifically for this dish which the...

Admittedly I had it particularly easy because the fishmonger we use here on the Cape sells fresh clams daily -- shucked, chopped and...

L. requested this while I was planning the menu and, though I am not a huge fan, I couldn't see any reason to say no. I am glad I didn't...

This doesn't look like much but it was absolutely delicious and has definitely entered my comfort food repertoire. Use whatever pasta you...

Last week one of my friends mentioned that he had made yakisoba for his kids and I immediately started to crave it. I have made it in the...

This is one of those dishes that sounded really good in my head but which I wasn't sure would actually work. It did though (tralah!) and...

There are always a few recipes over the course of the week which - sad though it may be - I use as a means of editing the hydrator. This...

Back when L. was tiny, a cookbook writer - whose claim to culinary fame was her marriage to a famous actor (or comedian, I can't...

This is delicious; the perfect recipe and dinner for an autumn or winter weekend day when you feel like cooking a lot. I stopped short of...

These meatballs are delicious - tender and juicy and flavorful (if I do say so myself). The recipe makes 12 large meatballs but I would...

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...

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...

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...

I think I am on a roll this month. While I haven't topped last week's chicken dish yet, this was a very close second. Completely...

Contrary to my usual meddlesome ways, I actually did not adapt this particular recipe that much. I cut some steps to simplify things and...