Spiced Pumpkin Soup
The name “Silk Road Pumpkin Soup,” conjurs up images of ancient trading and movement of not only silk but other goods such as spices across the vast landmass of Eurasia and via circuitous sea routes.
Author: Jane McKay
Fennel & Chickpea Soup with Saffron
As my family already knows, I am definitely not a short order cook. I will happily plan make eggs on toast or a quick pasta pesto for dinner, but whatever it is we all sit down to eat the same meal.
Magic Mineral Broth
Faced with row upon row of eye catching, beautifully illustrated cookbooks in Barnes & Noble it took some time to choose the right cookbook for Meg’s Christmas basket. The selection criteria were simple – I wanted to find a book I believed would be more than a “one …read more
Slow Cooked Beef Cheeks with Gnocchi
Back in September when Meg was on a tour of the California coast celebrating her anniversary, she sent me an idea.
Spiced Cranberry Sauce & Cranberry Cosmo Cocktail
Fresh cranberries remain one of the few fruits which only appear seasonally in the grocery aisle. Every November when they first arrive, I snap up a bag and vow to expand my repertoire from the season’s mainstay – cranberry sauce.
Holiday Cranberry & Macadamia Squares with White Chocolate Drizzle
We’re fully embracing the holiday season and between the requisite quarrels over who gets to measure the flour first to how many times they each have licked the spoon, my vision for a perfectly orchestrated holiday cookie baking bonanza last weekend with my girls has now …read more
Vegetable Slow Cooker Tagine for My New Little Vegetarian
My youngest, Connie, has been noodling around with the idea of becoming a vegetarian for some time, however it still came as a bit of a shock when she announced her new regime just moments after finishing the apple pie and cream course of our turkey – with …read more
Slow Cooker Thanksgiving Side Dishes
Last week we brought you a classic Onion Velouté as a simple start to dining for the holiday season. Since the turkey alone takes up almost the entire oven, with perhaps a little space left over for a sweet potato bake, we’re making the most of …read more
White Onion Velouté with Pancetta
While our graphic artist Linda Cassady brings our Holiday Gift Collection to life from her studio, we put our creative palates to work on a series of recipes exclusively for her.
Eggplant Parmesan
In Claudia Roden’s The Good Food Of Italy: region by region, the eggplant is heralded as “the most important vegetable” in Calabria, the region of Italy known as the toe.
Texas Brisket “Slow Cooked Chili”
“Can one imagine Mediterranean food without tomatoes?” Jane Grigson asks in her Vegetable book, 1978. Add to that chilis and I declare two of the most used ingredients in my kitchen.
