Scenes from My Pantry
Ultimate Double Chocolate Cookies
I find a sense of Zen as I flip through my recipe notebooks, filled with thirty years worth of handwritten notes, magazine clippings, and typed recipes from the early PC days. Some recipes are familiar favorites, and other recipes which can best be described as a fleeting moment of inspiration. This recipe was torn out
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Scenes from My Pantry
Spaghetti all’ Amatriciana
During a trip to Chicago my son and his friends discovered Ceres’ Table, a restaurant featuring Italian inspired seasonal plates. This is where he first experienced the dish Spaghetti all’amatriciana a simple pasta dish of tomatoes, garlic, guanciale (pork jowl), olive oil, grated Pecorino Romano, salt and fresh ground black pepper. He was inspired by
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Savoring the Season
Easy Greek Lemon Rice With Feta
The inspiration for this dish came from a friend this week who shared a recipe from Laughing Spatula for a quick and easy rice dish. I try to keep meals uncomplicated during the hot, sometimes lazy summer months in northern Florida. Nobody wants to heat up their kitchens when the mercury outside is close to
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Scenes from My Pantry
Scenes from My Pantry: Homemade Hamburger Buns
Homemade Hamburger Buns Recipe from King Arthur Baking Lately, I have found myself drawn to baking bread. The baking process induces a sense of calm in my monkey brain. The tactile experience of kneading dough feels grounding, and unlike my other daily tasks, baking bread has clear beginning, middle, and end with a rewarding outcome.
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Food + Drink
Easy Lemon Cookies
One bowl, five ingredients, what’s not to love! These lemon cookies are ready in a snap. Easy Lemon Cookies Makes 15-18 cookies
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Food + Drink
Best Sourdough Banana Bread
If you are following my new adventures with Herman my sourdough you will not be disappointed in this banana bread recipe. I admit Herman is complicated, alive, and he’s beginning to feel like a member of the family. There are a million ways to make banana bread. I feel like I have made so many