By the time Beany turned 1, with a mouth full of teeth and a newfound interest in whatever sat on the plate of the person next to her, she’d pretty much lost all interest in the purees and baby foods we’d come to rely on as quick fixes for a hungry girl. Gradually, she started…
A cure for what ails you: Roasted vegetable soup
Wintertime is wonderful for so many reasons, but getting a cold is not one of them. Unfortunately, a seasonal bout of sickies befell our casa last week. The grownups of the house are still in the thick of it, but little Beany is thankfully on the mends and rapidly gaining back all that toddler energy….
Ina, which came first: the chicken or the egg?
A few months ago, I embarked upon my first whole-chicken preparation experience. It was quite the ordeal, though after much work and a few gross-out moments, the results were worthy of a heartfelt, “Woo hoo!” This was largely due to the sage advice I received via FoodNetwork.com from my pal (I wish) Ina Garten, the…
Ina knows her chicken. My chicken. All chicken.
Last night, as I stood over our kitchen sink clutching a whole uncooked chicken and whimpering, “Ew, ew, Jared, what’s that inside there? Can you pleeease get it out?” I realized something. This little blog has taken me all sorts of places I never thought I’d go. Jared aptly described the event as my first…