Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Dinner”
This weekend we are ‘springing forward’ (don’t forget!), an annual signal that the end of winter is near and the luxury of spring and the blossoming of farm-fresh vegetables will soon be our reality. This promise of brighter, warmer days comes at a cost however, and we still have a few remaining dreary nights ahead of us. I find my …
Can you feel that? The sense of anticipation in the air? The overwhelming feeling of expectancy with a slightly foreboding edge? This can only mean one thing. Valentine’s Day. Valentine’s Day is one of those holidays, much like New Year’s, where you feel as if you should be doing something over-the-top. Your celebration must be of epic proportions, mapping …
I’ve been trying to come up with the perfect Buffalo Chicken wing. To me, it is the quintessential game-day indulgence. Like football, it comes with a passionate army of fans, fans with unwavering allegiances to their teams, their perfect buffalo chicken wing. Fried or baked? Mild, medium or five-alarm-fire? Bleu cheese or ranch? I faced the same conundrum with my …
Clam chowder for Christmas. It’s as sure as Santa Clause. The stockings are excavated, the presents beneath the tree have exploded into a flurry of paper, tissue and cardboard and the morning helpings of prosecco and egg nog have run dry. It is now time for clam chowder, our family’s tradition. Being from New England, my Mom makes a smooth, soothing, …
The people at the Fresh Market off Brownsboro Road must think I’m odd. I recently found myself walking slowly through their just-large-enough grocery, entirely caught up in my own thoughts. I had the rest of the week’s shopping complete, my meticulous list of recipes to test and ingredients to sample marked off, line by line, each item now tucked away …
Another week-night go-to, this time of the classic variety: chicken piccata. A dish I have seen made so many times on various cooking shows that I managed to absorb it, a culmination of the recipes mapping themselves out in my mind. I didn’t follow one specific outline for my adaptation, rather I went off of memory and instinct, my favorite …
I was home alone. With Z out of town for work, I had no one to impress for dinner but myself. However I was determined to sit down to a plate with a sense of beauty. I wanted to gaze upon something refined and elegant, for the food to act as both my dinner and my date. Of course, flavor …
To post my chili recipe or not to post my chili recipe? That was the question. I mean, on one hand it’s just chili – a bubbling pot of beef, veggies and a variety of spices. Simple in theory but complex in flavor. Not all that intimidating, right? Well – on the other hand – people have spent their lives …
It is so easy to get caught up in the stress of the day, the distractions of the week. I’ve talked before about putting those anxieties aside and sequestering myself in the kitchen, throwing 100% of my time and attention into the meal I am creating. I need this time. It sustains me for the moments in between. The only …
It will probably come as no surprise that Bon Appetit is my absolute favorite magazine. I read it cover to cover every month, squealing just as I did as a little girl when the new American Girl Doll catalogue would arrive (I had Molly by the way, and she was nothing short of awesome). Doll obsessions aside, Bon Appetit plays to all of …
