As an avid party planner, I aim to serve my guests dishes that are familiar, but with an unexpected twist. My friends and I share bowls of hummus often. To keep things interesting, we try to change up ...
Side Dish Recipes
Pesto Quinoa Bowls With Poached Eggs Recipe
Pesto Quinoa Bowls With Poached Eggs Recipe very yummy. We just hit that point in the summer when piles of fresh produce start invading every kitchen counter. Luckily, this is a happy problem to have ...
Creamy Polenta With Blistered Cherry Tomatoes
I’m having a hard time letting go. Of summertime, that is. I don’t get me, sometimes, I swear. I love the fall, I rhapsodize about it every year. Boots! Pretty leaves! No AC on at night! But for ...
Pork Belly Caesar Salad Recipe
Hey, so how is your house after Thanksgiving weekend? Still a mess? Still finding half eaten slices of pie, and have you not yet put away the good silver, and do you feel like coming ...
Grilled Peach, Heirloom Tomato and Fresh Mozzarella Salad
If there is one thing we’ve learned in our move from Manhattan to Queens, it’s this: We have WAY too much crap. Like, way more than two people barely in their thirties should have ...
Cherry, Fennel and White Bean Salad Recipe
While my unabashed love for cherries typically veers more toward the sweet side, the savory uses for cherries need their day, too. Rainier cherries, while not as popular as their bright red cousins ...
Southwestern Pulled Chicken and Avocado Salad
Now! After that I feel like I need to squirrel my way back into your good graces. So here is an ah-mazing recipe for southwestern pulled chicken and avocado salad. I’ve been digging my way out of ...
No Cook Tomato Sauce Recipe
I have complained many, many times about the fact that we live on the fifth floor of a walkup. In reality, it’s a love-hate relationship. On one hand, we’re closer to the top of the building for ...
Hoisin Bbq Roast Pork Recipe
Just a quickie today– I’m in the middle of a couple of other food projects but I wanted to make sure I posted up this gorgeous, super easy pork recipe. It’s our go-to for leftovers, something I’ll ...
Chorizo Stew and Creamy Grits Recipe
During my near-30 years on this Earth, I have lived in just four places. The first eighteen were spent in my hometown of Traverse City, Michigan. I then lived in Dublin, Ireland for four years, ...
Whiskey Lemon Bars Recipe
For weeks, I’ve had this bright idea to make a baked good that remind me of a whiskey hot toddy. They would be lemon bars, with liquor and honey! And a shortbread crust! God, you are ...
Hurricane-Proof Chili Recipe
I am a Lower Manhattan refugee. At least, that’s what it feels like, as I lug my laptop to a Turkish Café in the Upper East Side. Up here it feels as though the hurricane never happened. And yes, ...