Caramel Peanut Chocolate Tart
A tender, buttery, shortbread crust filled with caramel, peanuts and topped with chocolate. Sounds divine, right (and kind of like a Snickers)? If you thought the inspiration…
Easy Thai Coconut Curry Soup
If you want to avoid the take-out trap, you need a few aces up your sleeve, those dishes you know you always have the ingredients for,…
Apple Pie Anytime
I love getting my hands dirty in the kitchen (dirty dishes, however, are a different story). I’m always looking for excuses to knead squishy doughs, crank…
Lamb and Spinach Stuffed Phyllo
My kids would turn up their noses at a lamb burger. But wrap that ground lamb in a pastry shell? Suddenly dinner isn’t anything to whine about any…
DIY NYE Champagne Bar
I have a fully loaded bar cart, a well-stocked liquor cabinet, and enough cocktail tools to outfit my own saloon. And yet I rarely throw cocktail parties because…
All I Want for Christmas are Laser Potatoes
I’m just going to call it: There can be no better potato preparation in the world than this stunning beauty. Just look at it. It’s unreal. All…
A Few of Our Favorite Things
The holidays are hectic for one reason: shopping. Just getting a handle on gifts for close family members is hard enough, but then add in all the…
A Very Vintage Christmas
Believe it or not, I grew up a stone’s throw from this house. Ok fine, technically I lived quite a ways down the hill. And technically the…
Pumpkin Souffle Puddings
Thanksgiving is the one holiday that is completely and unapologetically about food. Ok, it’s about being thankful for that food, but still. There’s no other agenda except…
Brussels Sprouts Everyone Will Love
I don’t need much encouragement to cook brassicas. That family of cruciferous veggies packs a serious nutritional punch, and busy cooks like me need all the short…
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