Recipes

It was a rainy Tuesday night, the kind of evening where the wind rattles the kitchen windowpane and the thought of going to the grocery store feels like a personal…

We have all been there. You open the vegetable crisper drawer at the end of a busy week, and you are greeted by a couple of slightly soft zucchini and…

It was a freezing, miserably wet Tuesday evening in November when I realized I had hit my absolute limit with quick weeknight dinners. I was tired, my hands were cold,…

We have all been there. It is six o clock on a Tuesday evening, you are standing in front of the refrigerator with the door wide open, staring blankly at…

If you have ever sat at a high-end sushi bar and watched the chef pull a sizzling, caramelized, bubbling roll out from under a commercial broiler, you know the exact…

The first time I ever attempted to host a formal dinner party, I made a massive mistake. I tried to cook a complex, hot main course that required me to…

There is a specific kind of magic that happens in a kitchen when you let something simmer for hours. It is the kind of cooking that cannot be rushed, bribed,…

It was a chilly Sunday afternoon during peak football season when I first came up with this recipe. My living room was packed with hungry friends, the game was intense,…

We have all been there. It is Friday night, the work week is finally over, and all you can think about is that local family-run Mexican restaurant down the street.…

We have all been there. You want to host a dinner party or put together a weekend appetizer that looks incredibly fancy, but you do not want to spend six…