This fast stovetop recipe from Martha Stewart is a great way to make use of carrots that are just starting to get a little soft. I subbed in agave for honey, which...
Food
Pantry Cheats
How cool are these individual packets of Hollandaise and Roquefort sauces from France? Perfect to have on hand for when you want to dress up a baked potato or some...
Pantry Secret Weapon
Our friend Liana always has the most epic cheese and charcuterie boards, which usually have some quince paste, maybe some walnuts and almonds, grapes, and olives....
Best Oatmeal Cookies Ever
My friend Gina turned me on to these super easy (her 7-year-old son can practically make them on his own), super thin oatmeal cookies. She was pulling them out of...
Easiest Bouillabaisse
Our friend Liana makes this bouillabaisse, and it's so good...and now it's in our rotation. Here's the recipe: Saute garlic and a Vidalia onion in olive oil....
The Perfect Hardboiled Egg
As you can tell from our numerous salad and breakfast concoctions, we are obsessed with hardboiled eggs. If I could have any superpower, it would be the ability...
Cooking Godsend
Reader tip: "I always buy parsley for cooking, use a tiny bit of it, and then it wilts in my fridge. Also with my toddler clinging to me in the kitchen I'm kind...
Thai Peanut Chicken (Hold the Peanuts)
One of the hardest adjustments for our family after my daughter had her first severe reaction to peanuts was not being able to eat at the Thai restaurants we...
Put an Egg on It: Sauteed Spinach
One of my sons is on a spinach kick (it falls in and out of favor in my house). While I often make it in an omelette with gruyere, this time I sauteed with a crushed...
Cheeseboard Upgrade
We just had a fantastic ham and cheeseboard plate at a restaurant in Virginia called the Sam Snead Tavern, part of the lovely Homestead Resort. It had some nice...
Easiest Fish Ever
We made this delicious striped bass last night, riffing off a Martha recipe that called for placing the fillet over a bed of fennel bulbs. Here we used a bed of...
Delicious Lasagna
My family made a delicious bolognese lasagna from scratch. The key to a lasagna that doesn't feel like a futon of cheese is in the homemade noodles. While they are...
