This Must Be the Place

The holidays seriously derailed my normal menu planning habit, resulting in last-minute decisions and a lot of after-work stops at the groce...

It was an enormously busy weekend--a D&D game on Saturday, and one of the group had a recent birthday so I made Nigella Lawson's Cho...

I notice that my post count has dropped every month since I started this blog. Well, it's September now--time to get back into the kitch...

It's been a while. The height of summer is not really recipe-friendly. But yesterday I managed to sit down and put together an actual li...

I've been meaning to post this for weeks now--it's the recipe I used to make L's birthday cake, and it was not only the best cho...

Since I was working from home and for once had some energy left at the end of the day, I went nuts in the kitchen. First thing, I made some ...

The usual jam-packed weekend. We spent Saturday morning doing house drive-bys in the Tewksbury area, and found some reason to be encouraged,...

Another great way to get your greens, and assorted other veggies. This one cooks up quickly, and is actually a sort of takeoff on chili, bot...

A rare and wonderful day spent with friends. They recently bought a house in a neighboring state, so getting together will involve more plan...

It's been one heck of a week--between JJ's teething and the cold he came down with last night (possibly the same low-grade virus tha...

An unlikely-sounding combination, perhaps, but in my recent trawl for hot-weather main dishes this one seemed like a good bet . Since I was ...

I know how annoying it is when random people tell you their dreams, but this one is food-related! I dreamt that I was visiting a farm stand,...

On Saturday night I blithely promised L pancakes for breakfast. On Sunday morning, I was surprised to find not only that she remembered that...

The frazzling began late Saturday night, when out of nowhere JJ started throwing up. Now, this child spits up right and left, but had never ...

The heat wave broke last night around 11:30, with thunder, lightning, and rain that sounded like surf was hitting the house, which trembled ...

With temperatures in the 90s, look for warm-weather recipes here! A morning trip to the grocery store was my one venture outside yesterday. ...

There are as many recipes for pasta primavera as there are cooks. It is one of the handful of dishes I often make without a recipe any more,...

You can't go too far wrong with a simple stir-fry, and other than the bizarre call for white pepper (as if), this one is pretty darn sim...

Chutney is a strange word to say aloud, isn't it? Chut. Ney. I had a thoroughly delightful birthday, with cake from my co-workers, gifts...

An oldie I pulled out, thinking that the warm weather forecast for this week would make it welcome. And it was! It's probably been years...