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.
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.
3-Layer Pancake with Apples and Pears
Is this a party or is this breakfast? Or dessert? Whichever Way you serve it, it tastes even Better than it looks. Looks like a luscious calorie bomb - but it could help you lose weight. Click and read the magic.
Sweet, Stuffed and All Dressed Up
A festive sweet potato course with enough flavor for an entire meal. And enough Vitamin A to get you through 4 days. If the Thanksgiving turkey's on the bland side, this is the sweet potato dish you want right alongside it.
Chicken Milanese
Three things to know about this classic Italian dish. It's incredibly easy to make. A little goes a long Way. It's a perfect example of eat-more-vegetables-and-less meat. A Wow of a meal for less than $5 and less than 10 minutes of preparation.
Cauliflower: Try A Little Tenderness
A little steam + a little surface heat = sweet, earthy, tender and juicy with a fine layer of almost caramelized crispness. If you were a head of cauliflower, this is the Way you'd want to be treated.
An App for the Great Pumpkin Pie
The pumpkin pie for everyone who'd really rather be digging into an apple pie. So many flavors in the warm, soft spiced pumpkin-apple puree. All of your taste buds are working overtime. Even before the buttery, flaky pie crust melts in your mouth.
Butternut Squash Soup, Coconut Curried
This is what I want when the weather turns cold and winter squash turns up at the Farmers Market. It's easy. It's mouth-and-soul-warming. Exotic flavors and aromas laced through a sweetly familiar, comfortable squash soup.