I love pasta. Actually, I could spend days only eating pasta. Sadly, my waistline doesn’t enjoy pasta as much. When I was a child, my mother used to make delicious homemade spaghetti sauce. I have fond memories of helping her prepare the ingredients and watch over the pot while it cooked. Unfortunately, she never wrote […]
You can’t make pizza without dough — that’s a given. And the kind of dough you want to use is probably based somewhat on your tastes but mostly on your availability — do you have time to make the pizza crust of your dreams every time you want to make homemade pizza? It would be […]
Yesterday was one of those days. OK, this week was one of those weeks: I didn’t make my usually weekly menu and plan for the dinners each night, so when I got to last night’s meal (late, after Owen’s karate class!), I was thinking of opening a can of soup and being done with it. […]
It’s Laura’s birthday today, so I offered her the dinner of her choice last night. After much hemming and hawing, she settled on lasagna. I found an intriguing recipe for mushroom lasagna with pancetta and sage on Cook’s Illustrated (subscription required). It’s a little more involved than the dishes this busy cook usually attempts, but […]
OK, I admit I’d eat almost anything if wrapped in a sheet of nori, but I do tend to steer clear of California rolls. I’m offended by the fake crab-like substance, and really, why is it called a California roll anyway (I think it is actually because there is avocado in it)? But strangely enough, […]
I returned to work after a week’s vacation yesterday … and returned home at 11:20 p.m. Neither the cafeteria’s pedestrian offerings (yawn!) nor the too-rich restaurant food on SeamlessWeb appealed when suppertime rolled around tonight. So I had a snack and resolved to cook when I came home. After a week of eating lots of […]
As part of my goal to both widen the array of what I eat and have material to provide to this site, I tested out a random dish for dinner. It was actually my boyfriend, Luke, who gave me the challenge that led to this specific dish. We were in the grocery store and he […]
