Long title and exceptionally chatty post. I basically like both squash and pumpkin, but always try to err as far on the side of the...

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 shouldn't have worked but it did. The pumpkin and cheese melded together to form a creamy sauce that clung perfectly to the pasta,...

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...

These noodles are SO much better than most of the cold sesame noodles from takeout joints. This is also an excellent meal for those of us...

This is a dish worthy of being made for its own sake but also a nice recipe to have in one's repertoire as a vehicle for using up...

The inspiration recipe below made me hungry but it sounded a bit fiddly to make especially since I don't own a food processor, and I...

Admittedly, I love corn (and would eat crab every single day of my life budget permitting), but this is - if I may say with no false...

This dish does not look like much but, man oh man, was it delicious. It felt more like a fall dish to me because of the cabbage and the...

One of my friends recommended shirataki noodles as a miracle food for diets and I bought some without having any idea what they were,...

Despite the fact that I overcooked the eggs and missed out on the viscous quality that semi cooked yolk would have added to this dish,...

As mentioned in my birthday bash recap post, necessity beat out beauty as far as presentation was concerned but this was a truly...

I will be perfectly honest, I was not exactly looking for authenticity here. I had a ton of vegetables in the fridge, bits and bobs left...

I planned on making a homemade hybrid recipe of squid ink pasta and red wine pasta but time and work got in the way and I needed to go...

I loved this. I really enjoyed the juxtaposition of creamy polenta, salty pancetta, gooey egg, crunchy asparagus and garlicky ramps. I...

The title is a bit twee but I couldn't resist as it was so obvious. This is the most springlike of pasta dishes that I could come up...

Wild fiddlehead fern season - so short - is upon us and coincides with the tail end of Meyer lemon season. It made sense (to me anyway)...

Though this dish does take about 45 minutes to put together, most of it is pretty hands off, involving whisking the polenta from time to...

Mentaiko is a Japanese delicacy which you can apparently buy in the frozen section of your closest Asian supermarket. I grew up in Japan...

I planned on making this with angel hair pasta but I happened to have a bag of rigati left from last week's octopus and it occurred to me...

I used to make this all the time for L.'s lunch box, or for a quick Sunday lunch because it is quick to assemble, tastes good warm and is...

I made this as a birthday dinner main course for a friend of mine who thanked me by mocking my blog design, backed by staunch ally, L.. I...