Use Your Leftovers: Herb Chicken Pizza
Now that we’ve re-acquired our backyard, we’ve made it a point to grill just about every warm weekend. Polynesian Flank Steak. Ginger-and-Honey-Marinated Chicken. Kebabs. Plain ol’ burgers. A farmers’ market worth of vegetables. It don’t matter, so long as food emerges with those deliciously charred grill marks. Every meal ends with s’mores, of course, which ...Keep Reading
Triple-Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
Blah blah blah, my kid hates vegetables… Are you as tired of that refrain as I am? Tempted to start sneaking purees into your recipes, just so junior will get some nutrients—even if he has no idea he’s doing so? Well, don’t. Please. I’m pretty sure that the only way a kid can learn to ...Keep Reading
I Quit
Did you ever get so tired of dealing with your picky eater’s family’s food issues that you just want to hang up your potholders, walk out the kitchen door, and live on takeout until it’s just you & your spouse again? I admit, when I read Greg Smith’s resignation letter/op-ed in the New York Times ...Keep Reading
Muffin-Tin Spanakopitza
A food writer without an oven is like a beauty queen without a pageant. A filmmaker without a screen. A politician without an election: You can lay the most spectacular groundwork, but with no way to finish, it’s all for naught. Welcome to my life. Halfway through my second batch of these babies, after the ...Keep Reading
Curried Chicken & Sweet Potato Pot Pie
Can you believe how many sweets I’ve written about in the last few weeks? I weighed myself this morning and it ain’t pretty—up 4 pounds since Thanksgiving. Oof. So here’s something on the savory side, for when you’ve got extra piecrust lying around but don’t want to, y’know, pile on even more weight. The curry, ...Keep Reading
