Pumpkin Spice Tea Cake
I hope your weekend was sugar-filled and not nearly as cold as it was here in Chicago. Winter arrived on Halloween night with freezing rain and 35 mph winds. I salute the trick-or-treaters who made it...
View ArticleSuper Quick “Enchiladas” for One
The kitchen of the house I lived at in college had not one but two quesadilla makers. Granted there were eleven girls living there but still a bit excessive. Especially considering a quesadilla can be...
View ArticleApple Cheddar Brown Butter Pie
There are too many perfectly circular pies with perfectly symmetric fluted edges in this Instagram-happy world. Today I want to advocate for all the imperfect pies that will grace Thanksgiving tables...
View ArticleShrimp and Andouille Gumbo
On the list of dishes i want to make (and yes, there is such a list, currently approximately 200 recipes long) gumbo was nowhere close to top. That was until fresh okra arrived in our CSA box and...
View ArticleOats and Pear Wholegrain Muffins
I have not loved a cookbook as much as Food52 Baking since cracking open Jerusalem several years ago (and that’s a cookbook I have loved, still love and will always love). Just about every recipe...
View ArticleBaked Chicken Sausage and Veggie Pasta
I am the queen of procrastination. When it comes to mindless tasks I can come up with a million excuses to put off something until tomorrow or next week. I end up in various predicaments as a result...
View ArticleCarrot and Parsnip Soup with Brown Butter and Sage Walnuts
There’s a Top Chef episode (last season or maybe the season before?) where a simple carrot soup almost took the win. I was thinking of that episode while tasting this soup because the whole idea was...
View ArticleVegan Fall Bowl with Tahini Miso Sauce
Last week, after eating copious amounts of brownies, two things happened. First my body said, hey the holidays are coming, I could probably use some more vegetables. Then I watched Cowspiracy, a...
View ArticlePecan Pumpkin Pie Tart
Imagine this: You just finished Thanksgiving dinner and it’s pie time. You are one of those people who has to try a little bit of everything (I know this, because we are friends, and we wouldn’t be...
View ArticleSweet Potato and Harissa Stew
Happy Thanksgiving! Hopefully you spent this weekend doing what we did: spending time with friends and family, consuming copious amounts of food and alcoholic beverages and relaxing a bit. If you have...
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