Adventures of a Home Cook
I strangely associate Fettuccine Alfredo with the holidays; in particular New Years Day. Hear me out- there is something satisfying about a big bowl of carbs after having perhaps over-indulged in libations on New Years Eve. It is ready with very minimal effort making it …
The weather has been so mild that today, on the first day of winter, I am still picking arugula out of my garden. This is not a complaint. At this rate, perhaps some of my vegetables will continue to grow and become giant plants in …
I like to think of myself as having somewhat of a green thumb. I have raised garden beds, I order seeds from a catalog in January, I meticulously water tiny plant babies in my basement under grow lights until the last frost. Yet despite many, …
I recently got my hands on Priya Krishna’s new (and first) cookbook: Indian-ish. If you have ever wanted to try your hand at cooking Indian food, or are just looking for new, interesting, mostly vegetarian dishes, this is a great cookbook. Krishna was born in …
There are few date-night classics that can’t be perfected at home. That’s good because finding a babysitter on Valentine’s Day, trying to remember to make a reservation in advance, and piling into an over-crowded restaurant to consumer over-priced entrees, can make one feel less than …
Cacio e Pepe, the ever increasingly popular pasta dish which is really a grown up version of mac ‘n cheese, is perfect in its simplicity. It has only 3 ingredients, 4 if you count the pasta cooking water. It is the embodiment of minimalist. This …
Miss me? I just returned from a sunny vacation with the fam at our cottage in Northern Michigan. It was the perfect combination of sun, swimming, and relaxation. One of those vacations where nothing extraordinary is ever done, and yet I know I will remember …
This is a bad a*$ sandwich. Full stop. We are talking chicken with a kick of salt and spice on a freshly toasted baguette, topped with a herbed sweet mango salsa, pickled salty vegetables, a savoury special sauce and in case we hadn’t outdone ourselves …
This year marked my parents 40th wedding anniversary. An amazing accomplishment and constant reminder of how old I am getting. Did I just make this about me? To mark this momentous occasion my sisters and I decided to book a cottage in Grand Bend for …
This year the groundhog did not see its shadow. Meteorologists predicted that we would have a hot spring. I point these things out to explain my resentment at what has been seemingly endless days of rain and cold. I was mislead! We were all mislead! …