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Super Simple Biscuits
I woke up early this morning and shuffled into the softly lit kitchen. I put the kettle on to boil, fed the cat, and set to work on today’s culinary project. A recent episode of The Splendid Table...
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Strata: A Pantry Raid Recipe
I spent most of my Thursday running errands around town and forgot that my fridge was practically empty. A good ten minutes were spent bouncing from fridge, to freezer, to cupbord and back again...
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Shortbread, two ways
Samantha, my best friend since forever, is studying veterinary medicine in Scotland. This past Christmas she sent me a Scottish dinner in a box: Flake bar, Tunnock’s tea cake, a can of haggis with...
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Healthy and Hearty: The Ultimate Bran Muffin
I’m going to get a little personal here, so bear with me. In August 2012 I acquired a nasty, gnarly, gut-wrenching C. Difficile infection from taking antibiotics. What happened is this: the...
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Candied Ginger
I love ginger for its pungent heat and stomach soothing properties. While at Whole Foods the other day, I thought I’d buy some candied ginger from the bulk bin. I gawked at the price, which was about...
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Bars of Fortitude
This seemingly endless winter has beaten me down. Fortunately, I have whipped up some Bars of Fortitude to give me enough strength to bounce back and forge on ahead through the frozen April tundra....
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Welcome to Michigan
On May 31st, Vaughn and I landed in Michigan with only one bump in the road – a flat tire on our U-Haul only an hour outside of town. Other than that, the 10+ hour drive from Saint Paul to Kalamazoo...
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Spring Gnocchi
The best gnocchi (nyo-key) I ever had was in Montreal. Da Emma overlooks the canals of the Rivière-du-Nord in Old Montreal and is located beneath Montreal’s first women’s prison. The space was cozy and...
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A Pot Pie to Fight the Freeze
With windchill, the already frigid -10 has been knocked down to -24. Despite the unreasonable temperature, it’s a beautiful, sunny February day. The cold air is seeping in through the kitchen windows...
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