12 Saturday Dec 2015
Posted in Brazilian, Comfort Food, Gluten Free, Main Course, Potatoes, Poultry/Chicken, Vegetables
Almost every Sunday, when we lived in São Paulo, we would walk over to the bakery just down the hill from our apartment, and buy 2 chickens. Even today, I can almost smell the aroma wafting up from the bakery, more than 15 years later. They were a memory that was worth trying to recreate. Continue reading
06 Sunday Dec 2015
Posted in Comfort Food, Pie
There’s something about pies and men…well women, too. From time to time we have folks over for dinner and when The Goddess decides it will be pie for dessert, she’s always bemused by the reaction people (read “men” here!) have. They get sort of glassy-eyed, perhaps a tear forms and then they get this satisfied grin, “There’s going to be pie for dessert….” Continue reading
04 Friday Dec 2015
Posted in Comfort Food, Side Dishes, Stew, Vegetarian
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baking powder, flour, herbs, milk, salt
With autumn deeply upon us, cozy, comfort food is so welcome. For the Goddess, dumplings are a homey-comforting-cold-weather sort of meal. These are not the meat-filled Asian variety, nor the biscuit-type Southern variety, nor the firm German potato dumpling. No, these are the light, fluffy-type of dumplings. A cloud of goodness sitting atop a mound of, in this case, beef stew. Continue reading
14 Saturday Nov 2015
Posted in Comfort Food, Gluten Free, Make Ahead, Side Dishes, Vegetarian
I posted this last year, but I think it’s work repeating, because well, it’s that time of year and we’re talking mashed potatoes…pure comfort food. They are smooth, creamy and soft, the perfect foil for butter or gravy. Potatoes are incredibly nutritious and by themselves relatively low cal; it’s the stuff we add that run up the calorie count, but…these are guiltless. Continue reading
24 Saturday Oct 2015
Posted in Bread, Quickies (It's not what you think!)
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These are the best biscuits you’ll ever taste. I’m not kidding…when you make your first batch you’ll be bowled over by your cleverness and how truly easy biscuits are to make. Continue reading
03 Thursday Sep 2015
Posted in Condiments, Gluten Free, Make Ahead
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Preserved Lemons are a luxurious item to have in the fridge. They are used in Indian and North African cuisine; no tagine would be complete without them. But, they can be used in all sorts of savory concoctions from vinaigrettes, to stews, to soups and salads. Continue reading
30 Thursday Jul 2015
Posted in Appetizers, Bread, Quickies (It's not what you think!), Vegetarian
Today, when I got the first real vine-ripened tomatoes, I knew EXACTLY what to make. Tomaquet is to Spain, in particular, to the Catalan, what bruschetta is to the Italians. Ask any Spaniard about tomato bread and they will get a faraway look in their eyes and wax on about tomaquet for, at the very least, 15 minutes. Continue reading
11 Saturday Jul 2015
Posted in Gluten Free, Latin Food, Make Ahead, Sauces, Vegetarian
13 Saturday Jun 2015
Posted in Condiments, Gluten Free, Make Ahead, Quickies (It's not what you think!), Salads
I’ve had this recipe for Russian dressing, given to me by a colleague from my single days, for years. God, that was decades ago. Anyway, she made this all the time; this was her go-to dressing and with good reason. It’s simple and a rather nice change of pace from bottled dressings of this ilk…a little sweet, a little tangy and drop-dead easy! The perfect summer dressing…. Continue reading
06 Saturday Jun 2015
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It’s Saturday morning and this is the perfect weekend breakfast. It’s basic. It’s pure. It’s rich. It’s simple. It’s incredibly delicious. Rumor has it this is a hot “new” thing these days. My mother would be thrilled to know that for decades, she was ahead of her time. This is how I learned to eat an avocado. Continue reading
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