Baking, Books, Breakfast, Pantry Cooking
Five Points Applesauce Muffins: Fa-Bu-Lous
Last night’s reading before bed: Brunch: 100 Recipes from Five Points Restaurant ...
Acquisitions Department: Brunch
I came home from work to find that Amazon had delivered: Brunch : 100 Recipes from Five Points Restaurant ...
Baking, Books, Bread, Breakfast, Pantry Cooking
Whole Wheat Fig & Pecan Bread
It’s been a really long time since I baked bread.
Years ago, when ICE was still Peter Kump, I took a three-week bread course there. We ...
Books, Mains, Nap-Friendly Recipes, Recipes, Vegetarian
Vegetable Couscous (with Chicken, This Time)
The season for soups and stews has officially begun, and I couldn’t be more excited. As much as I love summer with all its fresh produce, ...
Books, Recipes, Sides, Vegetarian
Dinner for One: The Barefoot Contessa’s Roasted Brussels Sprouts
Is there anything more gorgeous, more heart-warming, more inviting, than an abundant plateful of roasted Brussels sprouts? You can keep your sunsets, your spectacular vistas, your ...
Look What the Book Fairy Brought!
I am an unrepentant Martha Stewart fan, having worked for years marketing her books. Yeah, perhaps she’s not all sugary sweet all the time, but the woman ...
Baking, Books, Jew Food, Snack
Sneak Peek at the New Year: Chocolate Honey Cake
If you’re a member of my family, here’s a look at tonight’s dessert:
Tonight is the start of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. S and I ...
A Mother Recipe: Marinated Roasted Peppers
Right now I’m reading The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute ...
Books, Soup, Starters, Vegetarian
Food Is Love: Cold Cucumber Soup
S has been having a hard time recently—the family emergency I mentioned last week was his, and it continues—so I wanted to do something ...
Now I’ve Seen Everything
In an email newsletter I get about the publishing business, I just read that Ten Speed Press has acquired Hostess’s The Twinkies Cookbook, “a compilation of recipes contributed ...