I have used the same recipe for chocolate brownies, adapted from King Author Flour’s Whole Grain Baking cookbook, so many times that I have it memorized. The recipe is quick and only requires one pan – in my case a wok – to make the batter. And I usually have all the ingredients. Except on [...]
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Indian-inspired chicken or tofu with lemon, toasted almonds, cilantro, and scallions
Posted in Recipes, tagged dave lieberman, indian-inspired chicken, indian-inspired tofu, vegetable potstickers on March 16, 2012 | 7 Comments »
Last weekend we cleaned off our kitchen table, which has become my desk during the day, broke in our new multi-colored chairs, and held our first dinner party in our “new” apartment, where we’ve lived since July. We had friends visiting from Long Island, so this seemed like as good a time as any to [...]
Cheater’s Chana Masala from Parents Need to Eat Too
Posted in Books, Ingredients, Recipes, tagged chana masala, cooking for kids, debbie koenig, garam masala, parents need to eat too on February 17, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Nearly every time we go to Akbar, our favorite Indian restaurant in Baltimore, Kenny and I always order the same two dishes. One is bindhi masala made with okra that is lovely and charred and cooked with tomatoes and onions. The other is chana masala, chickpeas cooked with tomatoes. In searching for the history of [...]
A Sweet Green Vegetable Shake
Posted in Recipes, tagged eating well, michelle duggar, vegetable shake on February 8, 2012 | 4 Comments »
For the last few months I have been continually impressed with Michelle Duggar. Giving birth to 19 children with one more on the way is no small feat. The morning sickness alone is a challenge. In a study done a decade ago by researchers at Cornell University, 66 percent of women reported feeling some sort [...]
Chile Con Queso Dip for the Ravens (and the Saucy Dipper’s Dipstock!)
Posted in Recipes, tagged baltimore ravens, cheese dip, dipstock, saucy dipper on January 31, 2012 | 4 Comments »
I am so freakin’ sad about this year’s Super Bowl. More than a week has passed since the Ravens lost the AFC Championship, and I still cringe every time I hear someone talk about the big game. In my mind I see Flacco, who played an awesome game despite weeks of enduring endless ridicule from [...]
Ukrainian Cheese Blintzes and Farmer’s Cheese
Posted in Ingredients, Recipes, tagged cheese blintzes, cottage cheese, farmers cheese, martha stewart on January 19, 2012 | 9 Comments »
I’m not a fan of farmer’s cheese. I love the idea of it because it is popular in Poland, and I am Polish and I have Polish pride. But the taste? Not so much. I like my cheese to be bold. I want salt and I want intense flavor. I wouldn’t reach for a slice of, [...]
Chocolate Babka
Posted in Ingredients, Recipes, tagged chocolate babka, Jewish desserts, martha stewart, the smitten kitchen on December 30, 2011 | 16 Comments »
Seinfeld taught me this about chocolate babka: A chocolate version is better than cinnamon, so much so that one cannot possibly go to a party with a cinnamon babka when one knows that a chocolate babka, the better babka, will be present. But even though I’ve seen this episode, one of my favorites, dozens of [...]
Homemade Bacon
Posted in Charcutepalooza, Ingredients, tagged charcutepalooza, charcuterie, homemade bacon, michael ruhlman on October 17, 2011 | 7 Comments »
My condo smells like bacon. I don’t notice it unless I’m outside first. The other day, walking up the stairs that lead to my floor, I smelled salt and pork, heavy and smoky like the air wafting a short distance from a summer barbecue. I thought a neighbor was having a party. But the lovely scent was left [...]
Pluot Crumble Pie
Posted in Ingredients, Recipes, tagged floyd zaiger, fruit crisp, pluot pie, pluots on September 5, 2011 | 11 Comments »
If I order dessert at a restaurant, it’s never chocolate. If it’s winter or one of those rare occasions I’m just not in the mood for ice cream, my favorite after dinner sweet, I will always order fruit desserts. And I don’t mean a bowl of fruit. No matter how fresh and bright and in-season [...]
Peach Muffins
Posted in Ingredients, Recipes, tagged bennett orchards, peach muffins, peach picking on August 18, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Last year I wrote about what has become one of my favorite summer field trips: picking peaches at Bennett Orchards in Delaware. The orchard is on our way home from Ocean City when we take the Delaware route, so we stopped in again this year after our early August vacation. Field trip actually isn’t the right [...]
