Adventures of a Home Cook
Homemade bread comes across as daunting. Something relegated to our grandmothers’ generation or for people who love carbs so much they own a bread maker. In our anti-gluten, anti-carb culture, I know that in proposing a homemade bread recipe I am speaking to the minority. …
I have spent the majority of my life believing that carrot cake is a highly overrated quote-on-quote dessert. This is probably due to the fact that it is usually store-bought and makes an appearance at the most boring life events- bridal showers, baby showers…[Why do …
It’s that time of year again…the time for fresh local produce! The blessed months where delicious fruits and vegetables abound, farmers’ markets open their doors and fruit and vegetable stands pop up on corners around the city and county. The first fresh vegetables to make …
With Mother’s Day fast approaching it is time to talk brunch. A great brunch has many necessary components: Something sweet- there must be a muffin, cinnamon bun, coffee cake, etc. included. It is the reason why breakfast is the best meal of the day. It …
I think we are all familiar with the weeknight tacos of our childhood. I’m talking the Old El Paso kit you buy at the grocery store that has everything you need in it including the MSG-filled spice mix which is anything but spicy, unnaturally crunchy …
If there is one recipe that is evocative of my childhood it is banana bread. My mother was very busy with three children, a career, and her insistence that she be ever present and involved in the many activities we participated in. Despite this, my …
The beauty of homemade baby food is that it doesn’t have to be complex. The best first recipes are just vegetables themselves: pureed sweet potatoes, squash, avocados, bananas. The list is endless. From there I start adding spices for variety. I add cinnamon to pureed …
Every so often a cookbook comes along that doesn’t just provide us with excellent recipes; it changes the way we cook. It changes the way we look at food. I am talking about Jerusalem, the cookbook co-authored by Yotam Ottoleghi and Sami Tamimi. Both born …
I have forgotten how much fun it is to cook for a baby. Mainly because they eat everything. Peas- check, broccoli- check, spinach- yummy. If only this open-mindedness stayed with babies into adulthood! Unfortunately though, one day you wake up and realize you are feeding …
My favourite part of Easter does not involve bunnies or chocolate. It’s not even the beginning of Spring, with daffodils and tulips blooming. My favourite part is Good Friday fish fry. The reason is probably that my family does it right. We are talking 20 …