warm, spiced walnuts

           whenever i catch a visual of catherine zeta jones i always say, "there's my friend catherine".  once, she and i sha...

slow cooked beef brisket

          my husband's family are what i call country eaters. my mother-in-law makes flaky biscuits with creamy gravy, plump chicken and...

white fish with zucchini scales

          sometimes i race out of the office to get to our neighborhood fresh fish store before it closes. i'm always relieved when i ma...

cumin spiced cauliflower and potatoes

       what to do with a big white dense flower that tastes like a cross between a cabbage and a turnip? . . . and lowly potatoes in want o...

pasta BLT

           one of the most rewarding creative jobs in the kitchen is developing a signature dish. sometimes, it's a recipe i invent, oth...

ricotta cheese

the pasta BLT dish i created calls for ricotta cheese, and i decided to make it from scratch after i saw this recipe for it in a guest post ...

dates stuffed with fontina cheese and walnuts

           dates are pure ambrosia. to eat them is so pleasurable it seems like it might be a  deliberate violation of some moral principl...

slow roasted tomatoes

if you are beginning to miss summer like i am missing summer, then try slow roasting some tomatoes to give your mood and your dishes a boost...

mini corn muffins with sun dried tomato pesto

           y ou really can't come into our home and expect to leave without eating. it makes me happy to feed you, so please indulge me ...