If you are feeling amorous this Valentine’s Day, consider an easy-to-prepare, romantic dinner for your lover, prepared at home for under $100. These are the recipes that I wrote for the Daily Connection and the cooking segment I shot will air on NBC in Washington D.C. at 3pm on Friday. Not in DC? That’s okay! [...]
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The farmers markets are flush with apples these days and I just finished canning up some applesauce for gift-giving and the cold winter nights ahead. Here are some pictures and step-by-step instructions to put your own food by: Step 1: Make applesauce according to your, or your grandmother’s or Mark Bittman’s recipe. Acquire canning jars from [...] 2 comments to Canning Applesauce 101
The farmer’s market cooking demos are winding down, as is the harvest season. Still there are piles of apples in boxes at most every table that are pristine and beautiful, waiting for someone talented to come make them into the perfect pie. Underneath those tables, or rolling around on my countertop if I got a [...] 3 comments to Buttermilk Apple Fritters
This weekend was the Riverhead Country Fair, where I had a brush with fame many moons ago for winning “Best in Show” for these cookies. I reference this experience often, and as promised, I am posting the recipe in its original form. I wrote this when I was about 12. Also, before the recipe, I [...] 2 comments to Prize-Winning Peanut Butter Pockets
Since launching the feedback survey, and promising some lucky winner cookies, I’ve been thinking I want a really good cookie. Now, I’m not much of a baker. Its true I won a prize as a kid for my Peanut Butter Pockets, but as a grown up, I have little patience for the measuring, the mixing, [...] 2 comments to Cookies today, cookies in a week or two.
Michael Pollan recently quoted Harry Balzer, food marketing researcher for NPD Group which studies American eating habits, in his article written for the New York Times Magazine. What the cynical Balzer said, and Mr. Pollan wrapped up the article was this quote: “Eat anything you want — just as long as you’re willing to cook [...] 1 comment to Peach, Nectarine & Blackberry Crisp
The original plan for the Tarrytown farmers market was to follow the recipe I had written a week before. This is the plan for all the Markets, actually, but one of the glories of shopping straight from a farm [...] 1 comment to Sautéed Peaches with Pan-Roasted Walnuts
I saw this idea in a magazine when I was a kid and finally got around to making it.
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Chocolate truffles have a decadent reputation, with good reason. For one, they are chocolate. The other main ingredient is heavy cream. Surprised? Here’s how you make them at home, for birthday presents, dinner parties, or cuz, you know, its Wednesday! Chocolate Truffles |
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Nice post man
Thanks man! Nice band.
Hi Ginny! Alas, I need a fairy godmother to pay my way and unless she shows up soon, I probably won’t make it. Are you traveling through New York? You always have a place to stay with me and Mark!
Great ideas Emily! Congrats on your TV spot. Will I see you in Portland this April?