While reading P.G. Wodehouse’s devastatingly witty Love Among the Chickens, I was reminded to pull out one of my favorite cookbooks, Simon Hopkinson’s Roast (...)
The luck of the Irish sure seemed to be with me when I happened upon Nigella Lawson’s gorgeous Chocolate Guinness Cake: I already had most of the ingredients (...)
The boys at Jo’s have got it going on. Their menu is consistently delicious and recently they introduced the cutting edge Punk Rock and higher-end Rockstar (...)
A crisply refreshing seasonal mocktail from Westville! They have several fun, fabulous locations serving cozy fare (buttermilk fried chicken sandwich or (...)
This particular evening was inspired by the hilarious, classic "Dinner Party" episode of Mary Tyler Moore, where Sue Ann Nivens cooked everything and Mary (...)
I previously posted a recipe for a classic—and heavy—beef bourguinon here. The French stew is certainly a sumptuous treat, ideal for winter hibernation. But as (...)
Sometimes dinner can be a wonderfully simple thing--it's more often the organization of the guests that is difficult as we'd been trying to wrangle our fellow (...)
This carelessly constructed suggestion of a deviled egg snowman somehow still managed to sound like fun, so I made a gentle couple for my friend who first (...)
This was so fun to make, so easy and actually pretty good! I happened to happen upon this recipe online and thought it would be a perfect host for our small (...)
While I am away on vacation, thought I’d drop you a line...enjoy this fish dish, a marvellous meunière!Classic Sole MeunièreRecipe adapted by Molly Wizenberg (...)
In a fit of inspiration, perhaps recalling late nights in college when a platter of steak and eggs seemed the only thing to do at 3 o'clock in the morning (...)
Behold the mold! I don't know what exactly possessed me to wish to possess a copper mold fashioned into the shape of a salmon. Nevertheless, I found an antique (...)
Reggie and I ducked out of our respective offices to have a little lunch one afternoon not too long ago. As an illicit getaway in an afternoon may take you (...)
Before the frittata frenzy of the brunching 90’s, there was the quiche craze in the early 80’s and with it, the phenomenon of Bruce Feirstein’s satirical (...)
This is a finger lickin' dish from Rosie Daley's book, In The Kitchen With Rosie, that I've been making for years! I owe many thanks to spa-trained Daley, who (...)
Earlier this summer The French Culinary Institute really put on the dog, hosting the 3rd Annual Hot Dog Competition where its staff and students competed in a (...)
Making mahi mahi with lemon, parsley, garlic and olives
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The Post-It I left on the counter when Baby and I crossed paths was inscribed simply, "Would you like mahi mahi for dinner tonight? With lemon, parsley, garlic (...)
Over 20 years ago, my cousin and I started an ongoing tradition of making dinner together during my holiday visits to New Hampshire. At first, we were just (...)
On an out of pocket afternoon in Miami, Baby surprised me with a trip to Joe's Stone Crab, now in its 98th season. We were just talking about it the previous (...)
Back in high school, my friend Vickie and I went to Hyannis, MA with the Key Club one weekend and somehow got away from our group for a rare, stolen moment as (...)
Chicago phoned, telling me she was blowing into town, so I urged she come for dinner. Now, she likes her food and is quite the gourmand in her own right. Of (...)
