A Mighty Appetite for the Holidays: Kitchen Tricks for the Feasting Season -- by Kim O'Donnel. Our friend Kim O'Donnel, blogger for washingtonpost.com and Real Simple, gets us hungry for the holiday foods of our childhoods while offering creative ideas for starting traditions of our own. ...
Food Traditions, New and Old
This is the prime time of the year--from Halloween through New Year's--when we build our culinary traditions with family and friends. Some are based on the taste of a particular type of apple, a way of brining chicken, or always feasting on Oyster Stew on Christmas Eve. Other traditions involve how ...
Cinnamon Swirls
These lusciously sweet buttery treats will melt in your mouth and be gobbled up in no time. They are simple to make and would be an ideal Thanksgiving morning breakfast or gift for a neighbor or friend. Recipe source:Cooking With Friends KitchenIngredientsDough 2 cups self-rising flour 1/3 cup ...
Simply Living
One of our friends decided that this week, she and her family (2 adults, 2 kids) would try an experiment--they would not spend any money. The goal, of course, in this time of fast-moving lives and difficult economy, is to slow down, rediscover what's important, and even save some money. Instead ...
Part of the Neighborhood
First, came the Banana Bread. Then the Chocolate Chip cookies and a jar of homemade Apple Butter. Delicious gifts from our new neighbors, coming by to say hi when we moved into our new house this month. No matter your age, your work or your politics, food is the ultimate common denominator. We so ...
Madtown
We arrived in Madison (Madtown to locals) last week and everything we heard about it being the foodiest of foodie towns is true. On Saturday, we spent hours at the farmers' market, which is the largest in the nation and voted the best by Eating Well Magazine. It's a cornucopia of local treats, ...
Secret Ingredient
One of the greatest things about cooking with someone is that your friend might have an idea you never thought of before. It may be a way of slicing, a spice or a knack for combining flavors. It's your friend's Secret Ingredient. When cooking a chicken curry with a friend recently, he suggested ...
On Our Bookshelf in October
Ball Blue Book of Preserving -- This "Canning Bible" is vital for anyone wanting to learn about preserving the harvest through canning. It's full of great, simple advice and recipes. ...
DenverGirls
This week, my family moves from Denver to Madison, Wi. One of the things I'll miss most is the group of more than a dozen women I cook with and swap food with here. Together we've made appetizers, cookies, soups, main dishes, breads, cakes, and so much more. We've learned each other's specialities ...
Adventure Cooking
My friends Christy and Christine just baked bread together. It was a first time for "real bread" baking for them both. After their cooking session, Christine wrote me an amazing email saying had she not been "assigned" bread for our swap this month, bread would have forever been a chapter in ...