I hate it that I’ve been away from here for so long. I cringed when I realized my last post was published April 10. But I guess that’s what happens when you find yourself suddenly planning a wedding. Oh, so yeah – I’m engaged. Said engagement happened April 13 – three days after my last…
I discovered Turkish food a year or so ago, thanks to a little restaurant in Ada, Michigan called Zeytin. Not surprisingly, Turkish cuisine shares some of the characteristics of both Greek and Lebanese cuisine, two of my favorites. It incorporates many of the same flavors and textures: lots of garlic and parsley and olive oil;…
Brownie bowls are my new favorite thing. I made them twice this past weekend. They give wondrous new meaning to the phrase “brownie sundae.” I blame Nigella Lawson. She introduced me to her version in Nigella Kitchen (by the way, if you don’t have that cookbook, stop reading this, hop on over to the online bookstore of…
Traditional or “real” goulash is Hungarian, a cooked beef dish in a brown sauce served over noodles. There are many variations on traditional goulash found throughout Eastern Europe, and eventually, with immigration, goulash made its way to America, where it morphed into something altogether different from the meal of its roots, as is the case…
This really is the best carrot cake ever. I promise. Make it for your favorite person. Make it to celebrate spring. Make it for Easter dinner. Make it for someone’s birthday. Make it just because. I made it myself a couple of weeks ago for one of my favorite people, Ann Voskamp, author of the…
I don’t have any good stories to post here today, other than to tell you I’m about to share a long-coveted recipe. I love the chicken tortilla soup served in restaurants, and for years I’ve been trying to recreate it at home with the same texture and flavor. After a lot of messing around with…