C Categories Basics December 2, 2015 Comeback Chicken Stock As a culinary student, I felt like my life revolved around stock. Chicken, beef, vegetable, seafood. Every morning in fundamentals class we’d make it. The..
M Categories Snacks November 11, 2015 Mom’s Yak I am sure it had another name – something catchy and descriptive. Spinach Parmesan Dip is something I’ve heard muttered by newcomers to the family..
G Categories Desserts November 1, 2015 Ghost Cakes What was I for Halloween? What I am every year – the perpetual child. I often feel like I am 26 going on 12 and..
C Categories Desserts September 26, 2015 Chicago Mom Cowboy Cookies I think we can all agree there is something magical about freshman year of college. The smell of tequila, red cups a’plenty, making out with..
S Categories Desserts September 26, 2015 Simple Pleasures Strawberry Cupcakes Since age 14 I’ve had a series of odd jobs. I once worked in a tennis pro-shop stringing rackets and brushing clay courts with a broom rigged..
A Categories Uncategorized July 27, 2015 All Purpose Pie Dough Why are people so intimidated by pie dough? It’s SO easy, especially when you’ve got a trusty food processor available to you. This is the..
P Categories Desserts July 27, 2015 Potter’s Pumpkin Pasties I know I am not alone (or maybe I am) when I say – turning eleven and not receiving a letter from Hogwarts is my..
C Categories Desserts July 20, 2015 Caramel Whoopie Pies Every summer since I was in diapers (literally), my family and I have spent two weeks of August in a small cottage in southern Maine…
T Categories Uncategorized July 19, 2015 The World’s Easiest Caramel Sauce I am a chocolate fanatic. I live and die chocolate. I think on my grave they’ll write, “She lived, she died, she loved chocolate.” However,..
A Categories Desserts July 19, 2015 A Tale of Three Buttercreams So buttercream! Having a few flavors of buttercream in your arsenal makes baking projects come together a lot more easily. Think about it! You can..
P Categories Breakfast Desserts July 9, 2015 Perfect Homemade Poptarts I’m a Seinfeld junky. I watch reruns and I’ve paid more than I care to disclose to see him do standup. He is the funniest,..
B Categories Desserts July 9, 2015 Best Friend Betrayal (ahem, I mean)… Basil Ice Cream Before he was the guy that broke my heart and stole my cat – he was my best friend. We met the first day of..
E Categories Breakfast July 9, 2015 Ex’s Egg Sandwiches I never made an egg sandwich for myself… always for him. I wanted to be the picture of domestic perfection. Gently waking him up with..
F Categories Desserts July 9, 2015 Forbidden Fudge I can still see those eyes peering at me from across a box of homemade fudge. Apparently it was his grandmother’s famous recipe. He might..
H Categories Uncategorized April 10, 2015 Homemade English Muffins When I first moved to New York, wooed by the promise of building a life together with my chef boyfriend of the time, I took..
