While I am an unabashed lover of pizza, I tend to be a purist when it comes to my favorite food. I’m more or less addicted to my marinara recipe and think it is the ideal base for a building any pie. A recent freelance assignment challenged me to craft a pizza fit for the fall season and I found myself …
Macaroni & Cheese with Mushrooms & Leeks
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 …
Pasta with Mushrooms, Pancetta & Sun Dried Tomatoes
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 …