It’s the Monday before Thanksgiving and you have a houseful coming. Let the games begin. The first time I hosted Thanksgiving dinner for the family I was in my 20s. I’m not sure why I thought it was a good idea, but my mom graciously stepped down from her role as culinary matriarch and went along…
Month: November 2024
So, should we invite Brussels sprouts to Thanksgiving?
They are big and plump this year, little cabbage-like buds that you either love or hate. Actually, you can feel both ways about Brussels sprouts since so often they are cooked to death to grey mush and smell up the house. That’s the way I had them growing up at my aunt’s house, an unforgettable…
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Let’s review a Spanish cookbook and make tapas tonight for supper!
Our Cookbook Club is back in business! In early 2023, Bernadette from New Classic Recipes started a cookbook review club. We’d review a specific cookbook selected by the group, post a recipe and decide whether (or not) that book deserved space on our (physical or digital) shelves. After a brief pause, we have resumed our…
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Lean into ‘Stick Season’ with vibrant Potato Coated Halibut Steaks
Make this just for the halibut!” My mother used to say this all the time to the point where we would roll our eyes. The annoying thing is that I find myself using the same tired old line. I guess it is part of our cooking repertoire, and she probably got it from her mother….
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Marvelous Miso Mushrooms perk up any meal!
The weather has been all over the place the last month. We finally got a hard freeze, but it was followed by 70-degree F. weather last week which brought all the ticks out of hiding. Then it turned cold again, good to get rid of the ticks we thought, but here we are at 65…
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Scrap Happy Planet: Frittatas and Omelets to the rescue!
Once a month, we’re going to look at ways to reduce food waste and keep our planet happier by using all those scraps that often end up in landfills and contribute to our environmental problems. The worldwide statistics are sobering, but we’ve rolled up our sleeves before to save these resources, and now’s the time…
