Sweet Potato Pie
Just make it. It's great. It's cheap. It's easy. The only real decision is how to serve it. Turkey sidekick or dessert? No Better Way to eat a sweet potato. Thanksgiving Day or Any Day.
Polenta Dressing: Think outside the bird
Dressing. Not stuffing. Cook it separately. Not inside the turkey. So good you might think, who needs the turkey? Here's a perfectly moist and deeply flavorful savory dressing with a luscious whole grain corn polenta base.
Ginger-Spiked Cranberry Relish
Four ingredients. Four minutes of preparation. For a powerful, intense condiment that'll light up your turkey and wake up your mouth. Start with just a little. That's all it takes to beautify and amplify Thanksgiving dinner.
Your Monday #43: 24/7 Flexibility
Today's Way is all about your flexibility. Total flexibility from a 10-minute stretching routine that combines simple, gentle Ways to keep you loose and comfortable all day.
Slower Sunday: Mellow Yellow
No yellow pants or cars for me. No yellow iPhone cases. But there is one thing that's great in yellow. Bright without an edge. Warm even when the air is brisk. Have a good Sunday. In your favorite color.
Back to BCS Basics: Polenta
It's delicious. It's cheap and easy. It's a real, whole and complete food. All good, no bad. If pasta or rice is your only answer to "what goes with everything?", polenta's a whole new world to put in your mouth.
Phelps Lake: Beautiful All Around
All the Way around. Unobstructed views of this spectacularly beautiful alpine lake almost all the Way around it. Partial views through beautiful trees the rest of the Way.
Tartiflette: hike before and after
My first taste of this ridiculously delicious and satisfying Alpine specialty was in the middle of a 10-mile hike at a mountainside refuge high in the French Alps. Now that I've made it at home, I can tell you that you don't have to be in the Alps to love it. I can also tell you that it's probably a good idea to walk a few miles before and/or after you enjoy it. Because this is, well, not a light dish.
Back to BCS Basics: Cornbread & Pork
Because they're so thoroughly satisfying. Because they make your home smell great while they cook. 10 minutes or less of actual preparation for each. 24 hours in the slow cooker for the pork, 20 minutes in the oven for the bread. Beyond great for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Mash Note: Turnips at Horn & Hardart
One of my earliest food-flavor memories is mashed turnips. Slightly sweet, a little earthy, soft and warm. But the real attraction was the way the dish was served. Behind glass. Convenient and automatic. Very sci-fi.