horse & carriage foods

_____________________________________ some foods just go together: salt bagel, lox & cream cheese. linguini, pesto, & olives. buffal...

braised beef in tomatoes and red wine

serve beef chuck braised in tomatoes & red wine with homemade pasta & a leafy green salad . . . everyone at your table will rave. th...

spinach stuffed chicken breasts

evenings when i'm not under a time constraint, i like to try a new dish– one that will take time to learn or develop . . . last night wa...

vegan capellini nests

this is a recipe i adapted from frank stitt's heavy-cream-butter-parmigiano recipe in"bottega favorites" which you can find at...

every now and then a feller needs a radish

my mother, maryetta, relishes radishes. she tells me she actually yearns for them, and i quote her with the title of this post. last novembe...

pop, pop, ping

my husband, jim, is a snacker. he's a nosher. a cruncher. a muncher. and when he asks for popcorn it's a pleasure to make it for him...

the moment i wake up

the first few moments of cognizant thought that i have in the morning when i first wake up are usually about what i want to plant, and what ...

cooking with sydney

our dog, sydney, was masterful at getting food off of the counter. we had to push everything we set down back to the back-splash. that dog l...

eat flowers, not words

the standout events of my life include the plan and execution for an equally memorable meal. either a trek up a mountain, a visit to an art ...