My husband is a kitchen bully. This is just in his makeup--his mom is one, his aunts are...he grew up in a loud, large Italian family (his mom was one of 11) in...
Food
Improving on the Wedge
We love a wedge salad...if it's on a menu, we order it. But even though we love it so much, the creamy dressing does make it a bit too rich. Our friend Dewey has...
Silver Palate Staple
Every year our friend Stephen makes this Christmas Coffee Cake from the Silver Palate Cookbook for the holidays, and it has to be the best coffee cake I've had. Here's...
Stock Upgrade
My husband is the main cook in our house, and he is working his way Mimi Thorisson's wonderful new book A Kitchen in France: A Year of Cooking in My Farmhouse....
What to Do With Old Rice
We just spent a long weekend with friends, and their 11 year old daughter Madeleine turned us on to a great fast meal. Our daughter was "starving", and all our friends...
My New Favorite Way to Eat Apples
On Sundays I try to roast vegetables for the week, and get ahead as much as possible...and this Sunday, as I was roasting some fennel, carrots, and brussel sprouts,...
Easiest Way to Cut Pizza
Why bother with a pizza cutter when scissors do the best job? This is how my husband has always done it--a tip he picked up from his Italian mom....
An Inspired Board
Our friend Liana has such an eye. We love the way she casually put this cheese and fruit board together. The strawberries were the real surprise here--and also,...
Easy Appetizers (Allergy-Friendly)
When I get together with friends it seems you can't gather 3 of us without encountering at least 5 allergies (which as a gluten-freer I'm all about). And cooking...
White Wine Mojito
Yolanda’s post on her new favorite, very refreshing, not-too-boozy summertime cocktail inspired me to make my first White Wine Mojito of the summer. It’s delicious...
Put an Egg on It
For years I have been eating hard-boiled eggs with hummus spooned on top, eaten in a hurry, often over the sink. Because I'm gluten-intolerant, it's a challenge...
Summer Drink 2014: Aperol Spritz
This spring break we went to Venice, where we fell in love with the Aperol Spritz. We came home imagining that we were going to introduce it to all of our Negroni...
