One of my favorite things to do is to take dishes that my family ate when I was younger and remake them in my own kitchen, with little changes to suit what my own little family likes. It’s fun, and even if it’s not quite …
A lot of quick meals happen in this house. Have I mentioned that there are TWO tiny little humans here who both need my completely undivided attention, without fail, about twenty minutes before we should be eating dinner? It’s perfectly delightful I assure you, but …
I’ve come out of my major denial that fall is here. I know, it’s about time, seeing as in a few measly days it will be October. October, for goodness sake. The month of corn mazes and Halloween and apple cider and tall leather boots …
I know this sounds like something you’d buy at McDonalds. But I swear, it’s nowhere near that. How many of us have been duped into buying something that sounded as good as this and wound up with a head of lettuce, a piece of anemic …
I’ve been holding out on you. I’m sorry. These burgers are one of the best things we’ve been eating over the past several months, and I’ve made them many times. They’re one of the things we like so much that I made multiple batches and …
Several weeks ago, I saw a recipe for preserved lemons (another goodie from Jerusalem: A Cookbook… I seriously need to get that cookbook already!), and decided it would be a fun thing to try. I had a huge bag of lemons, so it seemed the …
I know what some of you are saying. “Two soups in a row? What is this?!” Friends, I will tell you what this is. This is called February in the Arctic Chicago. It’s really cold. All the time. Not the kind of duh-it’s-winter cold, but the …
You may have noticed that I don’t have a whole lot of breakfast recipes around here. It’s not that I have anything against breakfast, or that I don’t like to cook it. It is true, however, that I have no interest in things like blueberry …
I don’t know about where you live, but around Chicago it’s been a pretty freakishly hot summer. I’ve been effectively using the baby as an excuse not to leave the air-conditioning pretty much since June, and I’m sorry to say that my poor garden has …
Where to begin… where to begin… there are so many great things about this salad, I don’t know where to start. First, it as fennel in it. Raw fennel. And some of you may recall that I was pretty sure I hated fennel until I …