It started out simply last week when I made season-appropriate pumpkin chili. But extra pumpkin and the desire to go apple picking turned my kitchen into harvest central today. The cookingfest started around noon with what ended up being two batches of applesauce. I used a bag of apples on the first, making four times the recipe my mother [...]
My mother’s an entertainer, so any weekend at the lake is sure to be an opportunity for her to try out some new recipes. That was the case this weekend as my co-worker and her family joined us for a day of fun, the adults sitting around chatting while four teenagers enjoyed splashing. My co-worker’s husband was [...]
“This is one of those times I wish I could travel back in time … so I could eat this again” It’s high praise for any cook and any dish, but it’s especially high when it comes from a 16-year-old. Especially when the main ingredient is zucchini. Friday night dinner for my boyfriend, Steve, and [...]
Posted in Recipes on May 27th, 2010 View Comments
I haven’t spent too much time baking cakes, but this week I had the occasion to make a special birthday cake for a special person. When I asked what kind of cake he wanted, my instructions were “the more chocolate, the better.” I flipped through a few cookbooks but didn’t find anything that seemed special [...]
Posted in Recipes on May 23rd, 2010 View Comments
Each summer I tell myself I will take advantage of the summer’s bounty and enjoy the fresh produce. Especially the strawberries. Now, anyone who knows me knows I have a fixation with the Strawberry Shortcake doll, but that’s not the only reason I enjoy strawberries. They just taste like the season. Strawberry season is upon [...]
I had the opportunity to speak at the North Andover Senior Center about my blog this morning. It was enjoyable time talking not only about writing and my blog, but food in general. It just proved the premise that I tried to build this blog on; Everyone likes to talk about food! Of course, I couldn’t [...]
There’s an ongoing theory surrounding my friend and former co-worker Mike. He lives off bacon. (Technically, maybe not, but he did make bacon vodka for Christmas and is quick to advocate any use of bacon.) Apparently he’s not alone. The featured food product on the new Web site mantestedrecipes.com is Bacon Salt, a product designed [...]
In honor of National Meat Month, and National Meat Week, I thought I’d offer this recipe for Meat-Za Pie. Part meatloaf, part pizza, this is another family recipe, but slightly different in how it came into my family. Easy to make, my mother got this recipe from her seventh-grade home economics class. Ingredients 1 lb [...]
I’ve spent nearly a year on this blog praising my family’s cooking influences. Now it’s time to blame my mother for one of my cooking errors. (She knew it was coming one of these days.) I first made stuffed French toast about two and a half years ago. I’d seen recipes, but I never actually [...]
Posted in Recipes on Dec 9th, 2009 View Comments
It’s not always easy having a birthday close to Christmas, but it’s been a day that most of my friends remembered as we grew up because of a birthday party tradition. It started when I was very young. I’d invite a group of girls over and we’d decorate gingerbread houses. Mom made them all, an [...]
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