Alice Waters Carrot Soup Sometimes the classics can’t be improved. The sheer simplicity of this soup says everything there is to say about carrots. Alice Waters, founder of Chez Panisse restaurant i...Read More
Big Flavor Baked Salmon For all of us who say we really can’t cook fish right, this one’s for you. A piece of salmon, a simple marinade from your pantry staples, a hot oven, a fairly messy panR...Read More
Pickled Eggs The bar food of our grandfathers, a staple in many farm house kitchens and a quick, easy snack when you need protein, not carbs. They floated in gallon jars of brine in pubs and on bars i...Read More
Cocktail Party Cheese Again? There’s probably not a Junior League cookbook around that doesn’t have some version of this cocktail party snack. And talk about fast, easy and adaptable—this re...Read More
SHRIMP WITH LEFTOVERS This is one of those back-pocket ideas for times like when the neighbors, just back from Italy, bring you some of the wine they brought home. All of a sudden, it’s 8 o’clock ...Read More
Chocolate Bark How about some home-made candy? Oh no, all that boiling and measuring and sticky pots? Nope—not with this super easy, super-fast, super chocolate, 2-ingredient recipe. And what an ele...Read More
FRIED CHICKEN–ALMOST Lots of times, a good roast chicken takes the measure of a good cook—get that whole bird right and everyone thinks you wrote the cookbook. Down our way, things are more li...Read More
Corn Cob Soup—-The Last Corn of Summer Time was when the water was set on the stove to boil, I got sent down to the garden for the new corn for dinner. As summer goes along, those ears get riper...Read More
The Last Salad of Summer White Trash Cooking—or, can you ever judge a book by its cover? This is one from my all-time favorite among my collection of those plastic spiral bound cookbooks; White Tras...Read More