Skordalia – Greek Potato and Garlic Spread

Good served with fish. Good spread on bread. Good for repelling vampires. This dish is a garlic lover's dream. It is probably not the best thing to serve a...

Greek FavoritesSides12 Comments

Still My Favorite Lamb Chop Recipe

I am not sure what the blog etiquette is on reposting. Probably it isn't very cool. The BEST food blogger would likely never dare to put up the same exact recip...

Main Dish4 Comments

Spinach and Mushroom Slaw with Asian Dressing

I am not much of a salad lover. So, I am always trying to find new ways to eat my raw veggies. This has been my latest favorite. For some reason, I have been in...

Salads4 Comments

Five Star Buttermilk Cupcakes with Lemon Frosting

Five Stars. Top Dog. Fireworks Worthy. Blue Ribbon. Top Drawer. Best in Show. These are the best cupcakes that have ever come out of my kitchen. Now, I am not ...

Buttermilk LoveDesserts & Sweets27 Comments

Curried Sweet Potato and Carrot Soup

Although spring is just around the corner, I am going to post just a few more soup recipes thanks to my recent soup exchange. I served and exchanged this vegeta...

Soups9 Comments

Not Every Dish Can Be the Belle of the Ball

Appearances aren't EVERYTHING! Let's just remember that even when you were awkward with puberty and tight with braces, you wanted to be asked to dance. Often, t...

Main Dish45 Comments

Barb’s Blueberry Coffee Cake

I grew up down the road from my friend Marianne. Our friendship is the type that starts with memories of hamsters on the loose at slumber parties, running aroun...

Breads & BreakfastDesserts & Sweets10 Comments

My New Breakfast Canvas

During a lunch date recently, a new friend and I were discussing breakfast. As often happens with me, the conversation turned to food. When she started describi...

Breads & Breakfast12 Comments

Black Bean and Chorizo Soup

I have been a little soup crazy this winter. Perhaps the most soup ever produced in my kitchen is directly proportional to the most snow ever fallen in Chicago ...

Soups11 Comments

Rollin’, Rollin’ Rollin’…Brown Sugar and Walnut Rugelach

I made and ate an enormous amount of cookies in December. However, a mere month later, I am back in the saddle and ready to bake... and overeat.... more cookies...

CookiesDesserts & Sweets15 Comments

Who Knew Miso Soup Was So Easy?!

Last week, I was delighted with a special treat. My assistant and friend, Sophie, assembled for me a fresh "make your own miso soup" kit. She had traveled to a ...

Soups12 Comments

My First Date with Chicken Corn Chowder

My experience with this new recipe was like a first date you initially feel nonchalant about. But, as the evening unfolds, you are pleasantly surprised and find...

Soups29 Comments