Dorie Greenspan’s Maple-Cornmeal Biscuits
Snow day. Again. Seriously, God, don’t you think it’s time to ease up? I know it’s selfish of me to put it in these terms, but this is seriously messing with my life. I work at home. Having a rambunctious four-year-old around, adorable as he is, does not make for very good working conditions. The ...Keep Reading
Emergency Peanut Butter Cookies
It’s Saturday night, and I had a cookie emergency. By that, I mean that I’m at home on a Saturday night—what else is new—and I.need.cookies. But other than the bag of chocolate goldfish we use to tempt Harry from the playground, we’re plum out of them. And it’s, like, one degree outside. Or something. So ...Keep Reading
Meyer Lemon Pasta
I asked; you answered. Yesterday on Words to Eat By’s Facebook page, I listed a handful of recipes* and asked which you’d like to hear about next. The clear winner: Meyer Lemon Pasta. Without a word of description, it makes your mouth water, doesn’t it? This’ll be the third post in which I’ve mentioned my ...Keep Reading
Quick & Easy Edible Gift: Sweet & Five-Spicy Almonds
Cute, no? I’ve had a pretty good year as a writer—the cookbook, of course, and steady work from several clients. Even a columnist gig, which I’ll announce in January when the first installment appears! So I decided, spur-of-the-moment-like, to send a little holiday cheer to some of my favorite editors. At first I thought I’d ...Keep Reading
Less-Oil Latkes
Oh, how I wish I had a picture of these. But alas, we gobbled them down before it even occurred to me to grab the camera. You’ll just have to imagine… Delicate. Crisp outside. Meltingly soft inside. Very, very satisfying. My friends, I do believe I have solved the Great Hanukkah Dilemma, one faced by ...Keep Reading
