Snow falls ever-so-gently outside, a peaceful contrast to my purposeful cooking inside. My snow day began with the preparation of eight pounds of beef brisket to be braised in a wine herb sauce and then continued all day with carrot soup, roast chicken, cherry almond granola, homemade ciabatta and a ...
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Turkey Meatballs for the New Year
Without a kitchen, my culinary start to the new year has been a challenge, especially as this year I am making a conscious effort to make my family's meals even healthier than last year. No matter how healthy you are, the holidays will most certainly wreak some form of havoc on the body. So as I ...
Eggplant Tendonitis
Eggplant tendonitis . . . yum . . . Sounds like some kind of phenomenal new dish, doesn’t it? Well, maybe not. But yesterday as I was cooking with friends, my physical therapist friend Suzy diagnosed me with tendonitis on my right wrist and since we were making baked eggplant I thought it a ...