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Category Archives: recipes
Food52sday Recipe Interpretation: Pasta with Kale, Blood Orange and Breadcrumbs
First of all, if you’ve never had pasta with breadcrumbs, you really should try it. I used multi-grain bread with sunflower seeds, and the crumbs made an earthy counterpoint to the kale and pasta. I mixed cheese right in with … Continue reading
Posted in Food 52sdays, recipes
Tagged Food52, Food52sday, kale recipes, pasta and kale recipes, pasta recipes, pasta with kale
5 Comments
Food52sday Recipe Interpretation: Mashed Potatoes with Caramelized Allium Puree and Fontina
First of all, how fun to be inspired by a friend’s recipe. Sonali’s (The Foodie Physician‘s) original recipe, Mashed Potatoes with Caramelized Onions and Goat Cheese, was a great leaping off point. I kept most of her flavors, including bay … Continue reading
Peanut Butter Mousse with Mixed Berry Compote or PB&J Mousse
Today is National Peanut Butter Lovers’ Day. It’s also National Fruit Compote Day. When I heard this, I thought to myself, “This cannot be a coincidence,” and my brain began trying to figure out a way to make those two … Continue reading
Sunday (Sort of) Sippers: Moscato Gelée and a Wine-Themed Giveaway
The Beloved brought home a bottle of Moscato the other day. As a present, because he is The Best. And I do love Moscato, but it’s winter, and in winter I prefer red wine. Or hot tea. But I didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Giveaways, recipes
Tagged desserts made with wine, giveaways, Michelle Jaffee, moscato gelee, sweet&simple, wine gelee, wine Jello, Wine recipes
30 Comments
Food 52sday Recipe Interpretation: Pudding Chomeur
I took French for 3 years. The first sentence I ever learned to say was “Je vais à la plage.” I have just told you that I am going to the beach. But it’s a lie. I don’t even really like … Continue reading
Posted in Food 52sdays, recipes, Uncategorized
Tagged dessert recipes, Food52sday, maple syrup, pudding chomeur
17 Comments
Happy Valentine’s Day: Cocoa Orange Cashew Torte
As I was lounging on the divan the other day, eating my ‘Shewtella off a spoon and feeling very smug that I was snacking on something closely resembling health food, I got an Idea. And the idea came in Two … Continue reading
Posted in Pastry Techniques, recipes
Tagged cake recipes, celebration cakes, cocoa orange cashew torte, Valentine's Desserts
7 Comments
Sundays Suppers (Monday Edition): Bloggers Are the Best, and A Tale of Two Croques
News Flash: The Carolinas are a Hotbed of Blogging. There really are a ton of great people blogging in North and South Carolina. Some of them I know, and I’m sure that there are many I’ve not yet met. And … Continue reading
An Early Valentine’s Day Present to All of You: ‘Shew-tella. You’re Welcome
I bought a Big Ass Jar of Nutella at the local warehouse store last weekend. It contains 26 ounces of Nutella. Or, should I say, it contained 26 ounces of Nutella. Because now it contains Zero Ounces. Because I shoved … Continue reading
Food52sdays Inaugural Recipe Interpretation: Moroccan Merguez Ragout with Poached Eggs
Last week, The Beloved chose Moroccan Merguez Ragout with Poached Eggs as the first Recipe Inspiration for our Food52sdays series. Well, we made it last night. And, Oh Dear Lord, was it good! I mean, honestly one of the Tastiest … Continue reading
Posted in Food 52sdays, recipes
Tagged Food52, Food52sday, how to make sausage, lamb ragout recipe, lamb recipes, merguez sausage, Moroccan recipes
12 Comments
Sunday Suppers: Sweet and Hot Braised Kale with Poached Eggs, or “You Want Dinner Every Night? Are You High?!”
Thanks to nicomachus for this Fantastic saying. Please click for direct attribution. You guys remember Sisyphus? He’s the dude in the Greek myth doomed to push a big old boulder up a hill, and just when he’s almost. at. the. … Continue reading












