Adventures of a Home Cook
I get absurdly excited about the first spring produce. Asparagus, fiddle heads, rhubarb, and garlic shoots hold a special allure that comes from emerging first after a long, cold, and grey winter. What results is a two week span where I put asparagus in everything …
In my house, Thanksgiving is synonymous with pie! Specifically apple and pumpkin pie. While my true heart lies with apple, pumpkin pie only comes once a year and it is all the more special for it. I have tried numerous pumpkin pie recipes in the …
I could make this biscuit recipe for the rest of my life and never feel the need to change. As someone who constantly tinkers with recipes, that is saying something. I have found ‘the one’. No new techniques, Instagram teasing images, or young, attractive recipes …
When I was in highschool I used to attend a church retreat that had a formal evening dinner. Every year they served a full turkey dinner with all the fixings, including pie for dessert. My friend’s mother who I affectionately referred to as “Mom Gammon”, …
I like my freezer to feel like back-up artillery. As a host, I like knowing that I have a reserve of weaponry to assist in the case of last-minute morning guests and unexpected company that shows up as I’m walking in the house from work. …
Returning to the kitchen after a weekend filled with feasting is always a bit of a challenge. After baking pies, mashing potatoes and basting for hours, all I want to do is fall into a tryptophane-induced coma and binge watch Netflix until Halloween. Then I …
For some reason I am ingrained with a love of foods that most people find unpleasant or something consumed only by the elderly. Yes, I have old-lady taste. Rhubarb is a very clear example. It is so terribly bitter that it has to be cooked …
Quiche is such a versatile dish! It can be a satisfying breakfast. Combined with a mixed green salad it becomes an elegant lunch or dinner. Quiche screams sophistication and shows you put in that little extra effort. It can be made entirely in advance and …
The British are made famous for many things: Winston Churchill, fish and chips, those funny red telephone booths, the Beatles. Perhaps the most overlooked of British contributions to the world’s culinary repertoire is afternoon tea. Tiny sandwiches that adorably fit on little tea saucers and …
