A few weekends ago, Jared and I went to my grandparents’ house for the evening. After dinner, my grandma, mom and aunt started talking about how my grandma prepared the delicious meal: how she roasted the vegetables, how she cooked the corned beef (it was a St. Patrick’s Day meal after all) and how she…
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…
Zucchini, meet Bread
Have you ever had one those grocery store moments when you veer away from the trusty list and end up buying something just because it looks great and you’re sure you’ll discover the perfect use for it? Although I tend to be a strict list adherer, my rebellious shopping instinct often kicks in around the…
French toast for one
Last Saturday, Jared and I decided to make a quick bagel stop at Panera. I stayed in the car with Ella (how we long for a puppy-friendly breakfast joint) while Jared ran inside, and while he was there he also bought a loaf of French bread, which I needed for a soup recipe I was…
What’s up, doc? Whole-wheat carrot cake muffins
In the world of diet books and health talk, muffins tend to get a pretty bad rap. We hear lots about their high sugar content, their enriched flour and their deliciously butter-filled insides. And then there are the stats that say that eating one large muffin for breakfast is akin to putting away a mega-sized…
Homemade cranberry granola
Clearly, Jared and I have been feeling a little ’nola lately. Actually, it’s more like a let’s-use-up-what-we-have-in-the-pantry and a-little-granola’s-good-but-more-granola’s-better kind of feeling. We’re also on a semi-serious mission to only spring for the pre-made/boxed snacks and foods at the grocery store when we can’t make them ourselves in a reasonable amount of time (i.e., I…
Granola + Cookie = Love
It was a cold, rainy night in September when a tiny snack food, the first of its kind, came into the world with the kind of crunch and bang typically reserved for the offspring of more popular treats. The entire pantry community beheld the snack with great awe and confusion. It resembled granola but was…
Project NYT: Maida Heatter’s preheated-oven popovers
Popovers are another one of those mystic foods that seems impossibly tricky until you give them a go for yourself. I tried out this recipe a few afternoons ago; I had a bit of time on my hands and was looking for something to bake with my less-than-impressive grocery supply (a trip to the store…
Irish brown soda bread
My older brother has pretty mean (and by mean, I mean awesome) bread-making skills. I can’t remember when exactly he started refining his craft, but the bread-making has been a semi-annual summer and/or Christmastime event (basically every time he comes back to visit) since well before I graduated college. I’m also not quite sure what…
You’re welcome, houseguest: Butternut sage scones
I’ve decided after yesterday that risotto is to cooking as scones are to baking. Yes, they might seem intimidating at first. Yes, it takes a little work to prepare them properly. Yes, they seem much more complicated than they actually are. And yes, the extra effort you put into them will result in a delicious…
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