Growing up in the Midwest, I had never heard of Italian Wedding Soup until I moved to Boston in 1995. When I began work in the financial district a couple…
Category: Main Course
I love rotisserie chicken because of its versatility. With leftovers, I make quesadillas, a variety of chicken salads and use it in panini. Today those options weren’t so interesting so…
I love tofu and eat it often. My favorite brand is Pulmuone. I don’t eat tofu because it’s healthy and packed with protein (though it doesn’t hurt). I eat it because I…
I’ve eaten moussaka twice in my life. The first time was last Saturday and second time was today when I made moussaka from scratch using Akis Petretzikis’ recipe. Moussaka is…
I absolutely love this dish and every time I entertain friends or bring this dish to a brunch, they ask me for the recipe. Sometime in the late 1990s before…
I’m back from my summer hiatus and it’s Fall – my favorite season. This past Sunday it was 42 degrees, but there were a few snow flakes falling from the…
In the Northeast we seem to have only three seasons: Winter (too cold and long), Summer (either too hot or too cold) and Fall (my favorite season but way too…
This past weekend I was watching Mexican Made Easy, a cooking show on Food Network. Marcela Valladolid is the host and was making Baja Style Fish Tacos, a fried version of…
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I love popovers but rarely make them. Popovers are like soufflé muffins or giant gougères. They have a hollow and airy custard-like interior with a crispy exterior and crusty cheese topping. The best…
When I first saw the picture of David Tanis’ Italian-Style Tuna Sandwich in this Wednesday’s Food section of the NYT, it wasn’t the tuna that caught my attention, it was the soft-boiled egg, but…