Miss Mary’s Orzo Salad
For the most part, new Food Network hostess Mary Nolan has gone unnoticed and unheralded since her episodes began airing this summer. To be perfectly honest I mostly tune in...
Beef and Broccoli with Oyster Sauce for Two
When Chris and I spent a year living in “the burbs” recently one of my favorite places to eat definitely wasn’t fancy, far from it in fact. I really liked...
Butternut Squash and Vanilla Risotto
Confession time: until I made this creamy risotto dish I’d never purchased or even used a vanilla bean before. I know — total baking blasphemy! Last month, after I read...
Mushroom Stroganoff
I don’t know about the rest of you, but after spending the last few weeks literally gorging myself on wine, cheese, chocolate, more wine, dip, crackers, wine again, and then...
Christmas Fettuccine
There’s a brief scene in the movie The Holiday where Kate Winslet decides to cheer up Jack Black by making him Christmas Fettuccine (start around 3:20 on the video above)....
Fried Rice with Scallions, Edamame and Tofu
For the most part I try to bring my lunch from home, but on Friday’s I like to go out and leave the office far far behind. After all, a...
Cooks Illustrated Arroz con Pollo
I was actually inspired to make Arroz con Pollo after watching an Ingrid Hoffman episode where she sashayed her way through the traditional Latin dish in record time. Instead of...
The Night the Lights Went Out in Jersey Baked Ziti
The Sopranos may or may not have disappointed last night, depending on who you talk to, but my baked Ziti definitely didn’t. No wonder Tony Soprano is so fat. This...