Though the base recipe is fairly authentic, the embellishments are my own and I do apologize if anyone's cultural sensibilities are...

This is a quick and healthy breakfast for one person. When my doctor told me that I needed to make dietary changes and suggested my...

I am usually not so interested in sweet treats; my food cravings tend to swing in the direction of savory fried foods and cheese!...

This dip is what came out of my tortured soul when I was trying to think of something I could serve as a coffee table nibble that others...

My sister is deathly allergic to potatoes so has never enjoyed a good Brandade de Morue, something of which I am a big fan. With half a...

I know, I know, I posted a squash related dip just last week. But it is cucurbit season and pumpkin and squash lend themselves really...

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...

Since I was rather weighed down with cucurbits this week, this dip seemed like an excellent way to get some out of the way. The fact that...

There is something to be said for that nice, decadent American recipe for crab dip -- bubbling away and full of cream cheese, but that...

L. periodically craves Rice Krispy Treats and, since I once read the list of ingredients on the store bought version, I feel compelled to...

I have been craving fried chicken recently but it is a lot of trouble to make and I didn't exactly feel up to the task. I compromised by...

I used store bought plain hummus for this and these turned out amazingly well. L. felt that they needed a crunchy element so next time I...

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...

Not quite sure how it happened but somehow I took a photo that looks like something out of a 1970s cookbook! L. and I contributed a...

My original nikuman recipe was good, but I have had time to do some internet research, eat oodles of them over several trips home to...

Boy, oh boy, were these good. So fresh tasting. And fruity. If you plan on disregarding this post because you think that a popsicle by...

People don't seem to eat devilled ham any more and those who have eaten it in their youth have usually only had the devilled ham that...

I wanted a nice spread of appetizers for the same foodie friends for whom I created the Harvest Cheer and, as mentioned in last week's...

I can take no credit for this dip at all. This recipe is my mother's, which she tweaked from a recipe given to her by a friend back in...

This is a truly easy dish to make and amazingly delicious, show casing the flavors of summer zucchini, squash and basil. I served this as...

My former mother-in-law would poach stone fruit that she found unsatisfactory in simple syrup which, while good, always seemed like an...

tThese were so good that it looks as though we forgot to take a picture of them. so busy were we scarfing them. For what it is worth,...

L.'s favorite dish made another appearance this evening. I have posted variations on the menu before, with this one being the best. I was...

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...