Years ago a friend gave me a cookbook and this was the one recipe I took away. The cookbook is long gone (I tried to find it but I must have given it away) but this recipe is a part of my repertoire. It's great in the summer when zucchini is abundant. It's fresh, it's...
a.k.a Julie's Chicken This recipe is so embarrassingly easy it's almost a non-recipe. I got it years ago from a co-worker as a base for chicken fajitas. The funny thing is I never made fajitas, we always just grill the chicken and eat it with rice and other...
Years ago I watched an episode of David Rocco's La Dolce Vita which featured this recipe. I admit that I was skeptical at the thought of canned tuna in pasta sauce but watching the episode convinced me to try the recipe. It has become one of my go-to dishes. With the...
I'm always looking for recipes for weekday meals that are easy, flavorful, and healthy. I saw a post recently about someone adding zucchini to ground turkey meatballs as a way to keep them moist and to add more vegetables. I thought it was a great idea and...
I like recipes that are easy and flavorful. My go-to recipes are ones that I've made many times with consistently delicious results. This recipe for chicken thighs comes from Cooking Light. The great thing is the marinade becomes the glaze so you only have to...
I recently took a class at the Boston Center for Adult Education taught by Tony Maws, chef/owner of my favorite restaurant, Craigie on Main. Known for his nose-to-tail cooking and making use of every part of an animal, this class allowed us to work with foods that...
With my weekday schedule I rarely have the time or energy to cook when I get home. I prefer to get my cooking done on the weekend and reheat leftovers throughout the week. However, I have a few recipes that take almost no time to prepare and this rice cooker chicken...
August is one of the best times for farm produce - tomatoes, zucchini, peppers are in abundance. I loved getting my weekly CSA distribution but it was challenging to find a way to use all my vegetables. This recipe for lettuce wraps is one way I found to use my summer...
Oven-Baked Cornflake Chicken When I lived and worked in Hawaii there was a local, family-owned lunch spot that had Cornflake Chicken as one of its weekly specials. That and their roast turkey lunch were some of my favorites. Unfortunately the restaurant is gone and my...
I often exchange recipes with friends and one of my go-to recipes comes from one of those exchanges. A few years ago a friend gave me a recipe for Pork Barbacoa. I wasn't sure where he got it originally but after some research (thanks Internet) it looks like he got it...
I grew up watching cooking programs on PBS - Julia Child, the Frugal Gourmet, and the Galloping Gourmet to name a few. I love that Jacques Pépin has remained loyal to PBS and his KQED roots. I've enjoyed his solo programs as well as those he shared with his daughter...
I've always been an Anglophile. It started well before my semester study abroad in London which solidified my love for things British. It was during those months away that I learned how to cook for myself for the first time. Many years after my study abroad, on a...
A couple of years we had friends visiting and my sister suggested making quesadillas with a slow-cooked Asian pork. I admit it sounded just okay to me and I was a little skeptical. Shows you what I know, it turned out to be a hit. What is Okinawan shoyu miso pork?...
When we were growing up the main dish at our Christmas dinner was either ham or turkey, sometimes both depending on how many people were coming for dinner. More recently my sister and I have found that we prefer making a beef rib roast. We found a recipe in a cookbook...
My uncle has been smoking meats for as long as I can remember. When he would go hunting he'd give us smoked venison and during the holidays he smoked turkeys. Now that I live on the mainland the only time I'm able to enjoy smoked turkey is when I'm home for the...
Moveable Feast: Elevated Casseroles The theme for our last Moveable Feast was elevated casseroles - perfect for a cool fall day where all you crave is comfort food. After doing a little research I found a recipe by Daniel Boulud for Beef Bourguignon Shepherd's...