The unexpected mildly sweet crunch of apple is perfect agains smokey bacon and the bitter crunch of Brussels sprouts. Make this dish through step one today, if you like, and reheat it with the balsamic just before serving.
Cornbread, Cranberry and Walnut Stuffing
This slightly sweet stuffing gets a little savory smoke from bacon, tang from the dried cranberries and of course has that requisite sage-y Thanksgiving flavor from the dried herbs. It also makes life easy for the cook: it bakes in just 20 minutes once the turkey is out of the oven. If you happen to...
The Thanksgiving Guide to Getting the Entire Meal on the Table Hot and At the Same Time
The key to making a delicious, beautiful, crowd-pleasing Thanksgiving meal is not Michelin chef-worthy skills– it’s smart planning. Sure, knowing your way around the kitchen helps, but mapping out your plan and making a list or two helps more. Reliable recipes are also essential: don’t bet your turkey on an Instagrammer with 100k followers who...
Honey Soy Chicken for a Crowd
I had a very glamorous friend who could throw on a pair of jeans and a tee shirt with a crazy-fabulous necklace and go anywhere, looking elegant and cool. (Me, not so much. I would look like I’d forgotten to do laundry and the necklace was a failed last ditch effort to be presentable.)...
Juliette’s Rosemary Zucchini Skillet Bread: A Tale of Two Puppies
For all but about six years of my life, I have had at least one dog.The smartest one, by far, was Juliette. She was, like all our shelter rescues, a mix of many breeds. She was the color of ginger cookies, or pumpkin pie, or honey: her silken soft hair shed ungodly amounts, as...
Charred Lobster with Garlic Lemon Butter
At the end of the beach day, when we feel sun-baked and sandy– and showering might cause us to miss that hour when the sun drops down just a little bit and casts a golden hue that makes us look as luminous as we feel– at the end of the day, we could throw some...
Mother’s Day with Lake Austin Spa Resort
Mother’s Day. A day of remembrance and sadness for so many of us whose mothers are no longer here. And also a day, for so many of us with children, when our hearts swell so big the love bounds out like Tigger on a tear. I am at Lake Austin Spa Resort this Mother’s Day....
How to Get Rid of Stinky Fish Smell in Your Kitchen
Did you wake up to the scent of last night’s fish dinner? Or worse, come home after a long day only to be greeted by the smell of dead fish? First, here’s what not to do: do not light a scented candle. Doing so will produce the same cacophony of odors French prostitutes in...
Matzo Rosti for Passover Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner
You do not have to be Jewish to love, eat or cook with matzo. Similarly, you do not have to be Christian to love chocolate bunnies and jelly beans. I know this. For Jews who keep Passover, the bunnies and jelly beans are currently off limits, but this wonderful dish, which I am calling...