[This post appeared on the Paper Palate blog, a member of the Well Fed Network] (Source: Hoffman Media, click image to go to magazine order page) I watch only a few shows on the Food Network, two of those being Alton Brown‘s “Good Eats” and Paula Deen‘s “Home Cooking“. I do not watch the “Paula’s...

[This post appeared on the Spirit World blog, a member of the Well Fed Network] For this month’s designated driver drink, I had to stretch beyond the trite Saint Patrick’s day “stock drinks”. I also didnt want to explore virgin irish coffees, whats the point?! Today’s nonalcoholic drink is a fusion between Colombia (my childhood...

We had these for breakfast today, warm, sauteed in nutty browned butter. They are delightful on a winter’s morning. Can you guess what they are? Are they Tibetan MoMos? Are they Chinese potstickers? Are they Japanese Gyoza? Hint: They are filled with a starch and...

[This article was published on the Paper Palate blog in the Well Fed Network] When the Well Fed Network was given an opportunity to review the russel+hazel Recipe Binder Set, I had to try it out. The best way to describe this concept is that it is like Levenger for your kitchen. Instead of messy...

Ahh, this was yesterday’s lunch. For supper we had the soup, more meat, all over rice. This sort of food is just so amazingly fulfilling and filling. It is very fulfilling for the cook who likes to create foods that are rich, deep in flavor, and that start from very inauspicious ingredients. Oxtails are about...

While shopping at my membership shop-o-world-a-ramma, I could NOT restrain myself from buying some truly massive cuts of meat. I got this pork loin that was as tall as my 3 year old, no kidding. As a consequence, when I strolled past the cookbook isle, pushing my straining cart and skipping over the trail of...

(This is my latest article for The Spirit World, a blog in the Well Fed Network family) To me, Valentine’s Day is vibrant red and cinnamon flavored. Without that bright and bracing flavor, I have not really DONE Valentine’s Day. As such, I feel that anything presented as Valentine’s specific should be dark red and...

If you are following along, you saw in my Blood Orange Petit Fours post that I tried a new recipe out and didn’t really like it. I guess it looked OK because I have been getting quite a lot of hits on that post since: 1) I posted it, 2) it made it on the...

As I mentioned in my previous post, I have a new cookbook called “Tried and True Cookies”, recipes from AllRecipes.com contributors. There are quite a few of the old home favorites and several iterations of various types of cookie to choose from. As I was thumbing through the book, I saw a group for lemon...

I have a love/hate relationship with Irish Soda Bread. The stuff you buy in the store here in New England around St Patrick’s day is filled with raisins and caroway seeds, neither of which my family likes. I hate having to pick the seeds out of my teeth, even though they have a nice flavor....