Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
This was a Pinterest project. It was one of the earlier things that popped up on the site and looked too easy to actually work, which is why I’ve taken so long to try it. Turns out, it works and couldn’t be easier. Just take your favorite flavor of Greek yogurt, put it in a…
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Sometimes you want a salad but you don’t want lettuce. Know what I’m sayin? You don’t? Come on, don’t tell me that sometimes you wish you could have that cold, fresh, crispy, crunchy satisfaction you get from a salad without all the bulk of the lettuce base. If the salad is meant as a starter,…
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I don’t know that you can call it a burger when there’s no bun. If we’re getting technical, I actually don’t know that you can call it a burger when it’s made with turkey. All this rule breaking – it’s anarchy! I’m not a fan if turkey burgers in general. They’re usually too dry, but…
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I recently saw a recipe that called for a mixture of dried figs and crumbled blue cheese to be stuffed into a pork tenderloin. That sounded easy, but do you know what sounds even easier? Using up the fig butter that’s still in my refrigerator. It’s all fig so the flavor is basically the same.…
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I bought fig butter for a recipe recently and had half a jar leftover. I didn’t want to waste it so I worked to find a recipe that incorporated it. This may come as a surprise, but fig butter is not one of my go to ingredients. It is by no means a typical condiment…
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My first experience cooking polenta started out a little scary but it only took me a few minutes to pull it together and make a simple and satisfying Italian dish. The sweat started bubbling on my brow within 30 seconds of the cooking process. No no, girls don’t sweat; they glow. The glow took over my…
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Fig butter, dijon/grain mustard, and pear champagne vinaigrette are mixed together in a 1:1:2 ratio and poured over chicken. If we’re getting technical, 2/3 of the mixture goes over the chicken, then it bakes at 350 for 30 minutes until it’s time to flip over, cover with remaining sauce, and bake for another hour and…
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I wouldn’t have known Monday was National Lasagna Day if Albert had not pointed it out to me. Thankfully, lasagna is an easy dish to throw together so I didn’t need much advanced notice to celebrate. But boring, standard lasagna doesn’t really say “celebration” so I wanted to update the recipe – something that’s easy…
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Book club starts at 7:30 and as luck would have it, I was scheduled to host during one of my busiest work weeks. I got off the subway at 7:10 and still hadn’t picked up any ingredients. By 7:25 I was in my apartment after running through the grocery store to pick up the four…
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I had a nice bottle of champagne on hand and was determined to use it for mimosas on the roof this past weekend so I invited Beth over for a Saturday brunch. I couldn’t just serve mimosas – that’s just not the kind of hostess I am – so I prepared two summer salads. The…
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Peaches to Apples 