Despite being January, there has been essentially zero snow in Boston this year. By this time last year I had gone cross-country skiing at least 3 times. This year = zero. But tonight… it is snowing … even if just for a few hours. Whenever it snows, you should almost always eat baked cheese and…
A few weeks ago I spent the weekend at my parents house. While the original purpose was to make sure that my brother ate all of his meals and walk Ruby May … it ended up also being filled with tons of time in front of the tree. The tree is in very close proximity…
I’ve been wanting to make raviolis for quite a long time. I first attempted them back in 2010 from scratch… without pretty much any kitchen equipment. It didn’t go terribly but it also wasn’t a raging success. Ever since then, the closest I’ve gotten to fresh pasta was making gnocchi. Given that I haven’t acquired…
One of the best things about good weather is quick summer salads …. that consist of less lettuce and more of pasta and everything else that is fresh. I’ve been doing a lot of cold pasta salads recently and really loving the results. To be clear, I am pretty much winging it every time ……
Sometimes I have a really hard time finding something to make for Sunday dinner. Yesterday was one of those days, I had visions of beef slow cooking on the oven while I watched the Olympics … but I wasn’t really finding anything that fit my fancy. I thought about switching to fish… but was equally…
A few weeks ago I was home and scavenging in my Dad’s garden for produce. I ended up coming home to the North End with a whole pile of jalapeños, assorted other hot peppers, the rest of my favorite tomatoes… and a solo eggplant. I never turn down fresh produce. Especially if it’s free… or…
You may or may not have noticed that I haven’t been cooking …. pretty much at all. There are probably a few reasons for this of which none are really valid. Sometimes an english muffin just feels right and sometimes I don’t feel like doing dishes and sometimes it’s just too warm out. For example,…
You can cook a decent meal for one person. I swear. I met this person on Monday who said they like to cook but don’t because “you know, it’s hard to cook for one”. I told this gentleman that I had no idea what he was talking about. This is obviously an exaggeration. Cooking for one…
In June 2010, I had a scone that changed my life. It was in Kinsale, Ireland. It had raspberries. And it changed how I felt about scones as a whole. I’m not sure what I felt before… but it wasn’t love for scones. To this day … I have searched for a scone that I…
On Saturday I covered my kitchen in flour from gnocchi. Tonight… everything …. is…. sticky. I made JAM. Tomato Jam. Before you start to feel like I’m some sort of amazing kitchen witch (I don’t know maybe you think Jam is hard) …. I will tell you that making jam is one notch harder than…
