Persian Noodle Soup (Ash Reshteh)
Gingerbread Cake with Rum Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
Butternut Bisque with Crab
Pear and Almond Tart
Chicories Salad with Pear, Parmesan Crisp, Honey Balsamic Vinaigrette
You know how the Very Hungry Caterpillar pigged out on: one piece of chocolate cake, one ice-cream cone, one pickle, one slice of Swiss Cheese, one slice of… Read More »
Gingerbread Cake with Rum Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
T’was the night before Christmas and all through the house, every creature was stirring, yes, even a mouse! A gingerbread cake spiked neatly with rum, put the children… Read More »
Butternut Bisque with Crab
Behind every good recipe is a great adventure. And I promise that this one, will not disappoint. Or actually it will disappoint but only briefly. First, the butternut… Read More »
Pear and Almond Tart
Since everything is haywire this Thanksgiving, I’m opting for something other than the normal pie trifecta (pumpkin, apple, pecan) for dessert. Not that I don’t love pie trifecta… Read More »
Scallops in Saffron Cream
Are you scrambling to put together Thanksgiving dinner like I am? I was all hum-bug about it until this morning because I am the ONLY person in my… Read More »
Pumpkin Cupcakes with Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
If there is one new dessert you try this Winter, please oh PLEASE, let it be this one! Moist and squishy pumpkin cupcakes loaded with fresh ginger, tangerine… Read More »
Pink Apple Snack Cake with Rose Glaze
There are two types of squirrels: those with chunky cheeks and bushy tails and those with chunky cheeks that can talk and walk. And they both like to… Read More »
Pork Chops & Pink Apples, Fennel, Shallot & Thyme
My apples! My Pink Pearl apples! My jewels! Where did you go my pink fleshed beauties?!?! Those pesky squirrels…. Last week the tree was loaded with bushels of… Read More »
Guinness Stew with Boneless Shortrib Steaks
Guinness is good for you! Corona is bad! Eat my Guinness stew and be healthy! I know, not funny, just trying to lighten things up around here. You… Read More »
Shamrock Sugar Cookies
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I know, it’s hard to get excited about anything right now with the Corona pandemic pandemonium going on, but making sugar cookies is a… Read More »
French Apple Cake
Before I reflect on this French Apple Cake made with magical Pink Pearl apples, I just have to say that this is the first time in over three… Read More »
Watercress, Fennel & Pink Pearl Apple Salad
Move over kale now there’s something more nutritious and delicious! It’s called: watercress. Yes, watercress! Humans have been eating if for centuries and it’s a powerhouse of antioxidants… Read More »
