CHINESE COCONUT COCKTAIL BUNS
The first time I had a Chinese pastry it was at the behest of my coworker on my last day on the job. I was being let go because my company was downsizing, and my… Read More »CHINESE COCONUT COCKTAIL BUNS
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SMOKY POTATO “NACHOS”
“Innovation is born of necessity” is how I could often describe my cooking. What do I do with the results of kitchen experiments wallowing in the fridge, like the daikon kimchi I made a month… Read More »SMOKY POTATO “NACHOS”
MY RED SAUCE
I’ve been craving “red sauce” Italian food lately: pasta dripping with red sauce, hearty meatballs, a nice cloud of grated parm on top, maybe a green lick of basil swirled in. Luckily, a pasta dinner… Read More »MY RED SAUCE
SWEET POTATO QUESADILLAS
Cooking for two is freakin’ hard. Even with my best efforts, we inevitably are stuck with leftovers that haunt the fridge, with one such leftover being mashed sweet potatoes. While first served lovingly alongside a… Read More »SWEET POTATO QUESADILLAS
THANKSGIVING PIEROGI
Every Easter (I know, what a way to start a post called “Thanksgiving Pierogi!”), my great-grandmother would lug a pyrex dish filled with homemade Pierogi to my grandparent’s house. Her fragile hands shaking, she’d place… Read More »THANKSGIVING PIEROGI
CHOURICO-FLAVORED POTATO SCRAMBLE
As an environmental reporter by day, I feel like I should practice what I preach, and in the case of food, that means cutting back on animal products. Enter my longtime morning staple: chourico-flavored potato… Read More »CHOURICO-FLAVORED POTATO SCRAMBLE
CIDER BUTTERBEER PUNCH
A hot cup of spiced apple cider is a simple fall pleasure that I for one, am won’t to miss. Tendrils of steam waft up from your cup, and from inside your cozy abode all… Read More »CIDER BUTTERBEER PUNCH
CONCORD GRAPE GIN FLIP
Walk along a trail in New England in the fall and you might be lucky enough to smell the sweet, intoxicating scent of wild concord grapes. Pick a few cups of them and the possibilities… Read More »CONCORD GRAPE GIN FLIP
BEACH ROSE LEMONADE
In my family, the knobby clusters of creamy pink fruit scattered on thorny bushes near the ocean were always called beach plums. My brother and I would harvest them, a handful maybe, in the hopes… Read More »BEACH ROSE LEMONADE
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