<span class="print_trim">M</span>ost of the time, I end up putting my energy into the main course. You, too, right? The side dishes then have a tiered level of time and effort afforded to each of them, often ending with something exciting like 鈥渞ice.鈥滲ut ...
Cornbread and sausage stuffing is a compelling alternative to the usual bread-based dish. But the recipes we tried all called for store-bought cornbread, which had a fluffy texture that resulted in mushy stuffing. We鈥檇 have to make the cornbread from scratch.We began with our favorite ...
In the past few weeks, we鈥檝e fallen like dominoes.It started with 10-year-old Josie, the Energizer Bunny of the family. Sore throat, fever, coughing and aches left her wanting nothing more than sleep. Wes, 12, came next, though it seemed he left the lion鈥檚 share of the illness with his ...
Over the weekend, I did a polenta pour. It was to celebrate the success of the Washington Farmers market. I prepared the polenta, while the farmers supplied the ingredients and toppings. There was tomato sauce, cheeses, meats, chicken cacciatore, beef stew and roasted vegetables to name a few ...
Slow cooker season is nigh!The runny noses and allergy issues have started in our house, which means all of us want some soup. There鈥檚 no better way to fill that need than with my trusty slow cooker. Cooking the soup, as the name 鈥渟low cooker鈥� implies, isn鈥檛 a quick process, but not ...
Hard to believe its been nearly a decade and a half since Julia Child passed away. Her cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking and her TV show The French Chef, had a big impact on the home cook in the 60s and 70s.Despite having not cooked up until her marriage to Paul Child, at age 32, ...
