With the cost of everything shooting up I have been looking a lot closer at what I am spending and trying to find ways to cut the costs. As I sat thinking about this while the TV droned in the background, a commercial for a national chain of sandwich shops came on. they were touting […]
My Idea of something different for dinner is adding some onion or bacon to my burger instead of having them plain. My wife, on the other hand, thinks cheeseburgers once a week is too often. She likes to try different things and likes a variety in the weekly menu. This chicken casserole is a good […]
I’m aware that I put capers in almost everything lately. There’s definitely a caper energy permeating my household these days … and why not? They add a subtle saltiness and tang to any dish and I love the complexity that capers add to something that could be humdrum without them. That doesn’t necessarily apply to […]
In the event that I came off as a total food snob when I referred to baked ziti as plebian (even though I think it’s completely delicious!), here’s one of our favorite recipes that most food snobs wouldn’t even consider making (because there’s canned tuna in it). We did, however, serve it to a food […]
Sometimes, all it takes is a little inspiration. After months of moping around eating takeout, I finally found mine roaming the Union Square Greenmarket last Saturday with my dear sister. We didn’t know what we would find, but we knew it would be good. We weren’t disappointed. Besides the blueberries and strawberries (both awesome, by the […]
Sometimes I do some of my most creative cooking during the week, when I don’t know what to cook and have no one to impress. This week I had a night just like that. I knew I wanted to make a pasta dish so that I could have some nice leftovers for lunch, but I […]
For years, I was convinced that Bolognese just meant throwing some ground beef into a marinara sauce. I blame this on many of the big “family style” Italian restaurants that seem to be spreading this myth. The traditional Bolognese sauce consists of meat braised in wine and tomatoes. It is not a tomato based sauce. […]
