This simply delicious soup is a hit with the kids who love the mini meatballs. It makes a hearty lunch for a kid’s thermos or a light meal for supper. You can play with the soup by adding vegetables such as carrots, onions and celery or adjusting flavors and making the meatballs Asian inspired with ...
Barista Soup Making for "Souper Bowl"
Thanks to Baristakid’s “Ask Holly”, I recently participated in a lovely soup making event for the CWFC “Souper Bowl” and even have a "Hot from the Kettle" video to prove it. (Thanks Melody!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbsDlSQeBJc embed: It was snowing lightly when I arrived at ...
Tortellini Time
Many months ago, as he often does, my 13-year old son casually asked me if his tortellini dinner was homemade. I’m not sure if his inquiries are meant to inspire me to make something from scratch the next time or more of an attempt to prove that not everything I serve is homemade. More likely it’s ...
The Crimping Groove
My friend Christina (aka the “dumpling queen”) hosted a dumpling making get-together this past Thursday for a few neighbors. I showed up a tad late, which wasn’t particularly a bad thing, since they had been busy prepping ingredients and offered me some ginger, garlic, bok choy and carrots for my ...
It's soup making time!
With bitter cold days in much of the country, January is an ideal month to make soup and a lot of it! It warms and nourishes us, while helping to fight the winter blues. Nothing beats a rich bowl of chowder or a hearty vegetable soup to beat the chill and fill the belly. It’s no surprise that ...
Happy New Year!
It's been a busy week getting back into the swing of things. (Note the Friday blog instead of an early in the week one.) With the kids back in school, I'm trying to reclaim my house, get on a work schedule and basically get organized. I am sure many of you are in the same boat. For me, the key to ...
On Our Bookshelf January 2011
American Cookery, By James Beard A new release of the great classic cookbook by James Beard, this is a must have cookbook for home cooks looking for a complete book of classic American cuisine. ...
Scavenger's Feast
In this week between Christmas and New Year’s, there hasn’t been a lot of cooking with friends. But there has been a ton of eating what I had been cooking and freezing ahead of time with friends. To our cozy Catskills cabin getaway, I packed a hearty and delicious batch of Farm Fresh Tomato Sauce ...
Cookie Cinderella
The hours of 10:30am — 1:30 pm on December 14th had been entered into my blackberry weeks ago. I had been counting down the days and couldn’t wait to get to Jenn’s house for our annual cookie decorating extravaganza. It would be an indulgent escape during a hectic holiday time. And as the date ...
The Endless Stream of Inspiration
Inspiration is well captured in the Felicia Bond book “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”, where one thing leads to the next and you know “he’s probably going to ask for something else to go with it.” It’s the small experiences that trigger a thought, building one on top of the other, fueling endless ...