Feast of 7 Chickens: Bacon-Sage Roulade
A smoky, herbaceous, juicy, high-protein chicken dish. With a glycemic load of exactly zero. Beautiful to look at. Intoxicating to inhale. Even Better to chew slowly and savor. 'Tis the season.
Feast of 7 Chickens: Christmas Soup
Because it's mouth and soul warming. Because it's a gift. Because chicken soup's free. All leftovers. Delicious and soulful. Better Cheaper ingredients Slowly making remarkably great food to sip Slowly. Food worth eating and talking about.
Feast of 7 Chickens: A New Tradition
I wonder why this isn't already a beloved holiday tradition. Somewhere. Really, almost everyone likes chicken. It goes with everything. Has few calories. A glycemic load of zero. And it's cheap and easy. The first of 7 great dishes, each one a conversation piece for a celebration.
Sweet Potato Latkes for a 2-in-1 holiday
Time to be thinking about side dishes for Christmas Eve dinner. And Hanukkah, too. I'm making latkes. Traditional potato pancakes, only better with sweet potatoes. Amazingly delicious. Incredibly easy. Shockingly nutritious.
Slower Sunday: Route: Canal
I love to walk around great old cities. Yeah, no patience for sitting. But sometimes you just have to change your point of view. To get the best view. C'mon, hop in, put up your feet and float through Amsterdam.
I Want These Cookies
Possibly the world's greatest ginger snap. If you're passing around a cookie plate after dinner, this is what you want on it. If you want to give a gift of homemade cookies, these are the ones you want to give. 3 minutes to make the dough.
Ski Hawai’i
Pretty balmy here at sea level. You wake up to tropical birds. You look through palms to the Pacific. You look up to the summit of Mauna Kea. To see that while you were sleeping ... it snowed. A lot. Surfing seems so yesterday. Skiing seems so today.
Flash-Roasted Prosciutto Chips
If you like prosciutto, you'll love prosciutto chips. Like prosciutto turned up to eleven. Super-concentrated flavor and aroma when what's in your mouth is more like air. 5 minutes to prepare. Friends and family will be amazed.
Tuscan-Fried Farmers Market
This has to be the easiest delicious thing to do with the season's bounty of root vegetables. All of them. At once. Sweet and earthy. Soft and hot inside, crisp and crunchy outside. A lot of vitamins A, B and C. Lots of dietary fiber. Low Glycemic Load. Your winter go-to dish.
Cheesy Hasselback Potatoes.
Lick your fingers.
If you're looking for something beautiful and luscious to put on the table, you just found it. Despite its intricate beauty, it's pretty simple to prepare. But messy. You'll be licking your fingers before it goes in the oven.