Yesterday, New Yorkers woke to a frosting—well, more like six inches—of snow. Snow-day sounds followed hard upon: ice scrapers scratching, snowplows beeping and neighbors cursing and threatening to leave home, hearth and spouse for Florida. ... [Read More] [15 Comments. Please leave another.]
From-Scratch Caesar Salad Dressing Recipe
Chances are, your experience with Caesar salad dressing comes from a bottle or bistro. Is it the dressing’s raw egg that home cooks find daunting—or the scratch recipe's long list of odd ingredients? Or maybe the anchovy? Let me assuage your fears. One at a time. I ... [Read More] [10 Comments. Please leave another.]
Piled-High Dutch Apple Pie Recipe
Years ago as a starving actress in New York, I lived in Hell's Kitchen, three blocks away from the Little Pie Company on West 43rd Street. Whenever possible, I detoured by the shop. Sweet buttery scents announced the bakery’s proximity before you actually arrived in front of ... [Read More] [3 Comments. Please leave another.]
Grandma’s San Joaquin Valley Peach Cobbler Recipe
This rich, sweet cobbler was one of my grandmother’s signature recipes. She often served it to my brother, sister and me on our visits to her home in Porterville, California in the 1970s. Each summer we kids stayed for a few weeks with Grandma, traveling—without adults!—by ... [Read More] [17 Comments. Please leave another.]
10×10 Grilled Chicken: 10 Quick and Easy Marinades for Grill-Ready Grassfed Chicken in 10 Minutes
In an ideal kitchen, the cuisinière maintains a flawlessly organized pantry. She plans all meals ahead. And she always remembers to soak chicken in marinade a day before grilling. But I work in Copywriters' Kitchen where a home office, writing projects and tight deadlines ... [Read More] [29 Comments. Please leave another.]
