Cajun Coffee Glazed Capon: In a world where there are more food bloggers than there are Fall shopping catalogs stuffed in mailboxes, you’d think there would be more chatter about nontraditional Thanksgiving menus. But Thanksgiving screams tradition like tryptophan-coma-induced football … Continue reading
Apple & Fig Stuffed Chicken Breasts with Mushroom Sauce: One of the most difficult things I find is “not cooking” what seems to be a normal quantity of food for just two people. From the one pot simmering dishes, to … Continue reading
Braised Pork with Roasted Squash, Quinoa & Wild Rice: Deciding what’s for dinner, while in the thick of an inconsequentially busy week, sometimes requires deep inspiration and sometimes is just based on those favorites that you consistently go back to. … Continue reading
Tilapia on Potato Pancake with Wild Mushrooms & Pearl Sauce: My grandmother would sit me on the counter as a child and offer me a whole raw potato to try. She’d say – “Try it. Like an apple.” Then she … Continue reading
Butternut Spaghetti Tacos with Toasted Pumpkin Seeds: Yes, really – “Spaghetti Tacos.” Thinking like a seven-year-old can be quite liberating as an adult, especially when it comes to dinner choices. If a seven-year-old got to choose your dinner, they may … Continue reading
A challenge, in anything we do, is directly proportionate to the level of insane intensity one self-inflicts in order to achieve something great. Cooking a feast where nearly every ingredient is made from scratch is one of my favorite, and … Continue reading
Butternut Squash Ravioli with Caramelized Onions: I thought to myself – if I was a ravioli, what flavor ravioli would I be? This is a profoundly spiritual question in every regard, whose analogical flexibility can be applied in such a … Continue reading
Spaetzle & Schnitzel with Sauerrahm Sauce: Autumn is truly a special time of the year, especially here in New England. However, one of my fondest memories as a teenager was having lunch at the German restaurant where my sister worked. … Continue reading
Coq au Vin with Autumn Vegetables: An early morning hike past the apple orchards and our woodlands rich in color triggered a flurry of autumn inspired dinners, but one quickly rose to the top. I have never made Coq au … Continue reading
Grilled Sirloin Tips with Portobello Sauce and Rosemary Pomme Frites: It’s a warm Fall day and the temperature outside is 78 degrees. Fall in New England is one of our favorite times of year, with crisp mornings and bursts of … Continue reading
