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Crisp. And even easier than pie.

November 5, 2022

If you're not quite ready to bake a pie, here's a gateway dessert for you. A Fall Fruit Crisp. Make it big enough to have leftovers for breakfast. I made this one with apples and pears. Add cranberries for Thanksgiving.

Hot potato, cold potato. Salad. Perfect.

November 3, 2022

I didn't realize how flavorful and creamy a potato could be until I had my first truly farm-fresh, just-dug potato. Until I made it this Way, I never had a Perfect Potato Salad. And I didn't know why this is the delicious, Low Glycemic Load potato preparation that it is.

Better Butter Sauté for Mushrooms

November 2, 2022

The butter makes a luxurious and rich mouthful. Water makes it light. The emulsified butter-water is a miracle. The free water and three minutes of extra effort transform a simple-and-just-fine dish into a great one. With the good kind of dietary fat.

Shanksgiving: Osso Buco

November 1, 2022

Deeply, profoundly delicious. You'd never choose a turkey over something this tender and tasty. It's easy. Foolproof. You can make it in advance. $5 - $15 per person for a memorable meal. Cost depends on the shank: veal, lamb or pork.

The Year in the Kitchen 2021

December 29, 2021

Another year that began with a lot of time in the kitchen because home was the only place that offered indoor dining. So I went to Japan and the French Alps - in my kitchen.

The Gift of Edible Fun

November 30, 2019

Pizza. The big cooking revelation. Watching flour and water become pizza dough. Watching pizza dough become a pizza crust. In your own oven. If I can do this, you and everyone you know can, too. And you probably don't know anybody who doesn't love pizza. It's Thoughtful Thursday, the first day of the always thoughtful BCS Gift Guide.

The Gift of Revelation

November 29, 2018

Pizza. The big cooking revelation. Watching flour and water become pizza dough. Watching pizza dough become a pizza crust. In your own oven. If I can do this, you and everyone you know can, too. And you probably don't know anybody who doesn't love pizza. It's Thoughtful Thursday, the first day of the always thoughtful BCS Gift Guide.

The End of Egg Foo-ey. Let’s Celebrate

February 13, 2018

So now it's OK to eat eggs, dietary cholesterol and all. Let's celebrate that and Chinese New Year. With Egg Foo Yung. A perfect meal in a pan. A few minutes of chopping, stirring and tending. One suspenseful second of flipping.

Smart Resolution #2: Grow

January 3, 2018

My little lettuce patch on the kitchen counter is a source of great pleasure and satisfaction. When it's a source of salad, the salad delivers a a layer of satisfaction that's unique to eating something you've grown. Resolve now. Buy seeds soon. Plant later.

Eating 2017: 80 Ways Around The World

December 27, 2017

80 Ways to eat very, very well. 80 recipes based on traditional cuisines around the globe. The world's greatest hits. From places and times that never heard of diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease epidemics. If you missed out on some of these in 2017, well, it's almost time to make your resolutions for 2018. Bon voyage. Bon appétit.