{recipe} Pecan-Crusted Chicken
I was thinking about one of my favorite old white-trash recipes, which involves coating chicken pieces in mayonnaise and cornflakes and baking them in the oven. I decided there must be a more sophisticated...
Author: Karen
{make this} Salt-Kissed Buttermilk Cake from 101 Cookbooks
I made Heidi’s Salt-Kissed Buttermilk Cake from 101Cookbooks last week, and want to encourage you to try it! The cake came out incredibly moist and delicious, and was easy to make. I made it...
{recipe} Lazy Man’s Hoppin’ John
This recession/depression business is really starting to get me down! In light of that I wanted to share a recipe with you that’s triply good for these dark, dank economic times. Why triply? First...
{recipe} Spiced Orange Blueberry Pancakes
It’s a yucky, wet, rainy Tuesday right now and I am reminiscing about a lovely sunny Saturday a few weeks back when I made these pancakes to share with friends. I wanted to use...
{recipe} Spicy Thai Noodle Bowl for One
Ah, that elusive concept known as “healthy lunch.” Despite my best intentions I find that in the middle of the day it’s hard for me to resist the charms of foods like pizza with...
{recipe} My Favorite Crab Cakes
After a dungeness crab feast at my parents’ house, I was blessed with the hard-won fruits of my cracking labors in the form of about a cup and a half of fresh lump crab...
{recipe} Sauteed Potatoes with Green Garlic and Fresh Horseradish
I went to the fancy Ferry Building Farmers’ Market today- usually I go for the lower key, lower priced Alemany Market so it was a welcome change of scenery. I picked up a few...
{recipe} Coconut-Kissed Banana Bread
I love banana bread, but sometimes it’s a little ho-hum. I spiced this one up by incorporating coconut milk and fresh ginger, which add moistness as well as a subtle but delicious flavor. I...
{recipe} Vietnamesque Seared Ahi Salad
I bought some fresh ahi tuna yesterday and envisioned searing it and serving it over some tasty Asian noodles, but that didn’t happen. We wanted to eat a light dinner tonight because we’re going...
{recipes} Spaghetti Carbonara Taste Test: aka Carbonara vs. Not Carbonara
The other day I threw out a status update asking what to make for dinner, and my friend Sarah from San Diego suggested that a chilly winter’s night merited a warm bowl of spaghetti...
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