Stuffed Zucchini Blossoms

Stuffed Zucchini Blossoms

Another year, another failed attempt at a zucchini crop. Why oh why does this otherwise simple squash plant continue to foil me! My mother-in-law lovingly brings me her wonderful zucchini produce every year and I look at my pitiful, withered plant and wonder, what have 

Homemade Pitas

Homemade Pitas

I often find myself going down kitchen “rabbit holes” where I become obsessive about certain culinary idiosyncrasy to the point where it borders on compulsion. Sometimes this results in delicious outcomes and other times my family is left eating what was intended to be homemade 

Braised Lamb Shanks in Red Wine

Braised Lamb Shanks in Red Wine

To me, there is something particularly satisfying in serving individual sections of an animal to guests. While a Cornish hen tastes remarkably similar to slices of regular Sunday chicken- placing half of a bird on your plate really sends the message that this meal is 

Bruschetta

Bruschetta

It appears that most of the world (or at least the social media/instagram world) has completely entered Fall. The only recipes to be found right now include apples or pumpkin-spice. And while I am never one to turn down a piece of apple pie, this 

Falafel

Falafel

Chickpeas are an amazingly versatile legume. Yet I feel like they go relatively unappreciated on this side of the ‘pond’. How does the same bean produce creamy hummus, add crispy morsels to an otherwise bland salad, provide sustenance to a bowl of chili, and fry