When my children were young and I worked part-time, I was an obsessive baker. My favorite muffin recipes included hard-to-find whole grains, layers of fruit fillings and spicy crumb toppings. All that healthy deliciousness exacted a toll: It meant advance-planned grocery ... [Read More] [Leave a comment]
Plain and Simply Delicious Beef Stew Recipe
The solstice has come and gone. Supposedly days are getting longer. But on bitter cold January evenings, darkness seems to fall awfully early. (I’m trying hard not to use the word bleak as a descriptive—oops, there it is.) On a cold winter night, nothing warms you better, ... [Read More] [1 Comment. Please leave another.]
Classic Champagne Cocktail Recipe
When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. And when guests give you non-vintage Champagne, you make Classic Champagne Cocktails. Let’s face it, 2009 was a lemon of a year for many of us. What better way to boot out the bad old annus—and toast in the new—than with this ... [Read More] [Leave a comment]
Classic Cheese Log Recipe
Some of us who grew up eating 1970s cuisine would gladly bury its memory, along with Watergate, maxi coats and Abba. With the exception of this Classic Cheese Log, below, I can’t think of many 70s family recipes that survived the era. 1970-79: The decade of culinary ... [Read More] [1 Comment. Please leave another.]
Gringa Mexican Hot Chocolate Recipe
Festive occasions call for festive drinks. And when the event is a late-Fall tailgate picnic, at least one of those drinks should be hot. Recently, at the year’s Big Game tailgate, we served Gringa Mexican Hot Chocolate to friends and family. The bracing blend—a not-too-sweet ... [Read More] [1 Comment. Please leave another.]
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