Spicy-Sweet Maple Toasted Nuts There are probably some half-full jars or cans of nuts left from the holidays, taking up space on the counter. If you’ve got about a half hour, you can turn these left...Read More
Chicken Cordon Bleu-ish Must be hundreds of recipes out there for making this classic dish—some baked, some sautéed—some with fancy rich sauces, some too ordinary and unappealing, and some so fid...Read More
Old Fashioned Baked Custard This is one of those satisfying, and very simple treats—a winter afternoon surprise snack, a sweet gift for a friend with the flu, or some self-care for the cook. Jus...Read More
Coca Cola Roast Pork You may be on call to make at least one more festive winter meal before everyone calls it quits. So might as well do it up right. This is one of those recipes with so many ingredi...Read More
Tipsy Parson An English Trifle is a most glorious holiday dessert—time consuming, but glorious. But is there time in the holiday rush for time-consuming glorious? How about the quick, easy magic...Read More
Fish House Punch Down the mid-Atlantic coast, tucked in the back of many community and church cookbooks, under “Beverages, Miscellaneous”, there’s a powerful strong old Colonial “receipt” ca...Read More
Parsnips—the Frogs Waiting for the Princess They look a little strange–kind of gnarly, spotted and sprouted—like anemic carrots. But just like books, you can’t always tell a vegetable by i...Read More
A 3-Ingredient Light Supper—for a pre-Thanksgiving Week-night You know it will be a food-filled, [turkey-filled] weekend, but we’re all hungry now. Along comes this miraculous, delicious, vegetari...Read More