I feel like stockbroker yelling “Buy, buy, buy!!!”, but it’s the tail end of tomato season and I just figured out the best-tasting, easiest sauce I’ve ever (...)
This summer has been kind of crazy to say the least and I’ve found I’ve taken on fewer cooking projects that seem worth sharing (though if you’d like a post (...)
Ever since I had the hot dog and burger buns from a local bakery (Bennison’s, for anyone in the Chicago or Evanston area) last summer, I’ve been wanting to (...)
Probably 70% of my meals are prepared on my grill in the summer (and the other 30% don’t require any cooking at all). It keeps my apartment cool, means fewer (...)
Oh, Ina, if there was a way to live your life. For April, we picked the Barefoot Contessa Make It Ahead cookbook. Let me say first that there’s a reason Ina’s (...)
Wasn’t the 4th of July, like, a week ago? This summer seems to have blown by faster than any in recent memory, though my globe-trotting lately hasn’t helped. (...)
I always want to love plums. Their colors are perfectly fall and all my favorites–royal purples, deep-sea blues, ruby reds, sunshine yellows–but their flavor (...)
Usually when I share a recipe, I try to photograph important steps along the way or some part of the process that strikes me as particularly pretty. Trust me (...)
Did you know March 14 is International Pi Day? I think that is a perfectly valid reason to use your math skills and bake some delicious, sinfully easy pie! (...)
If I’m being honest, I’m really not a huge fan of sweets. I love to bake them for others, but given the choice between a cookie and a bag of chips, I’ll choose (...)
How do you tell your mom how awesome she is? It doesn’t seem enough to just say it. A card, or flowers, or brunch…none of those things is really my mom (also, (...)
Cooking the Books – Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking
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“If you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house and eat with him…The people who give you their food give you their heart.” I stumbled on that quote (...)
