This past Sunday, I caught an episode of Unique Eats entitled “Craving Comfort” on The Cooking Channel. One segment featured Mac ‘n’ Cheese Hand Pie served at The Pie Hole in Los Angeles.…
Category: Hors d’oeuvres
A couple of days ago I made Polenta with Mushrooms and doubled the polenta portion of the recipe. I wanted to have plenty of leftovers. Sometimes it’s hard to figure out what to do with leftover polenta.…
I don’t love meatballs. They are usually either too dense or too mushy or too large but most notably, not flavorful. When my son was three years old, I was running out of…
I love dumplings. When I was growing up, Korean mandoo were my favorite. I loved them every which way – steamed, boiled, deep-fried, pan-fried and in soup. (If you live in the New…
I’ve finally worked up the courage to make Vietnamese spring rolls. I wish I hadn’t waited so long to try it, but I guess I was intimidated by handling the thin rice…
I don’t know exactly when or where I first tried this dip but it was sometime in the 1970s. I always thought of it as a Michigan thing – I used to…
I have an obsession with parmesan cheese and today’s obsession involved a crispy baked version. My husband and I love fondue and our favorite part is at the end when we…
I haven’t had much of a sweet tooth lately and prefer savory cheesy snacks over cookies or chocolate. This afternoon, I was craving Ina Garten’s Parmesan & Thyme Crackers – a recipe I first tried…
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When my husband and I were first married 15 years ago, I tried my hand at gougères – baked savory French pastry puffs made from choux dough and grated cheese. I followed Julia Child’s…
Sometime in 2005, my husband read a New York Times review of The Silver Spoon – an Italian cookbook which was due to make its debut in the English language that October. Il Cucchiaio d’Argento was originally published…