Recipes
In Defense of Roast Chicken
When I told my friends I was going to see Michael Pollan at the Paramount Theater last week, one of them asked if he was the lead singer for the Killers and another said that seemed like an odd venue for a book signing. I agree it was a bit random to pay money for tickets for what is essentially a stop on a writer’s promotional tour — a writer who is not JK Rowling! — but Michael Pollan is a rock star to some of us.
BPA-Free, Please
Thanks to some of my recent posts about things like chocolate cake and wrapping food in bacon, it might be easy to forget that I
When In Doubt, Add Bacon
I had a fantastic group of women here for class last week. They came with many different food concerns, from how to make family dinners
Flourless Chocolate Cake
What is that thing they say about people who do the same thing over and over and expect different results? Right. Well, that would be me when it comes to making chocolate mousse on Valentine’s Day. Or should I say, attempting to make chocolate mousse on Valentine’s Day?
Feeling SAD?
Okay, are we sick of getting up in the dark yet? I don’t know about you, but I am. Don’t get me wrong, I love
For Your Viewing Pleasure
In case you weren’t sitting around eating bonbons and watching TV at noon yesterday, here’s the segment featuring me on “Colorado’s Best.” (It’s kind
Soup-Free Stroganoff
I don’t know if this automatically qualifies me as a snob, but I’m not a fan of recipes that call for cans of cream-of-anything soup.
Meatball (or whatever you’ve got) Soup
First, I want to preface this post by saying that I in no way expect anyone to make this soup recipe exactly as I am writing it. Not because it isn’t delicious (it is), but because the idea behind this soup — and this post — is that you can make soup — really good soup that’s way, way better than store-bought and of course a lot better for you — out of just about anything. And on a day like today, when it’s 23 degrees
Olive Oil Granola
The beginning of January is pretty brutal, huh? I mean, here we are, cookie-less and booze deprived, trying to remind ourselves that we really meant it last week, when — in the midst to helping ourselves to as much wine and frosted sugar cookies as it is humanly possible to consume — we said we were really looking forward to “a fresh start,” “drying out,” and “eating nothing but vegetables for a very long time.”
A Very Merry Salad
If I were to ever use the word “festive” to describe a salad, this would probably be the only time. But even though this salad
Cutie Marmalade
Sometimes I wonder how we ever survived the winter, let alone the holiday season, before some very smart person started selling California clementines by the
A Few of My Favorite Things
Love ya, December — just wish you were a little longer. How can it be December 8th — only the 8th! — and I’m already
Happy National Pie Day!
In honor of National Pie Day today, here is a guest post from my sister, Heather. (I don’t bake much, and I love guest posts
Getting Back on Track
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. And I really hope nobody spent a minute feeling guilty about eating too much and feeling like crap
Boozy, Nutty Cranberry Sauce
Far be it for me to suggest any last-minute alterations to anyone’s Thanksgiving menus. I know that, for most of us anyway, this holiday’s recipe