This is Marie, contributing an article on the stuffed pepper recipe I mentioned in our previous story about a Kristen Sollenne dinner. I finally got around to it and can share the results. I did cheat and used a good quality tomato sauce rather than making my own as the recipe called for, but the sauce recipe is similar to others I’ve made before and should be fine. Continue reading “Kristin Sollenne’s Stuffed Peppers”
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Lowcountry Boil with Penzeys Spices
This is Marie, contributing a story about a meal I’ve made a couple of times now and plan to put into our regular rotation. It was inspired by a truly excellent meal at Thibodeaux’s in Columbus, after which I said to myself “I need more of this!” This isn’t quite as good, but then I haven’t been making Cajun food for decades, now have I? The portions below are designed for 3.5 people plus another 1/2 portion for lunch, so scale up or down depending on your crowd. I advise shucking your corn and shrimp ahead of time unless you enjoy rushing, but it can be done in a pinch if your amounts are small, because of the staggered cooking times. Continue reading “Lowcountry Boil with Penzeys Spices”
Fried Gnocchi with Mozzarella and Cherry Tomatoes
This is Marie, contributing an article about a gnocchi recipe made recently for a family dinner. I ran across it somewhere (surely you’ve noticed I’m an NPR devotee by now?), fell in love with the photo, and had to make it as close to immediately as possible. Continue reading “Fried Gnocchi with Mozzarella and Cherry Tomatoes”
Kristin Sollenne’s Chicken Piccata
This is Marie, contributing an article about a recipe we tried from Domestic Chic, a new book by Kristin Sollenne that we received for preview. There are always cookbooks out there, and I know full well that the vast majority of the ones I own are going to be used for one thing and one thing only: for food porn. I have a much-abused box of slightly stained cards that have the family recipes on them; I have my Joy of Cooking which breaks automatically to the waffle and pie sections, and then…there is the endless stacks of print-outs stuffed haphazardly into a 3-ring binder of “oooh, nifty!” from the internet – some used, some not, but all forgotten the instant they are filed. Continue reading “Kristin Sollenne’s Chicken Piccata”
White Cherry Jam
This is Marie, contributing another article about jam. Now, this one is less for our regular readers than some hypothetical person who happens to be standing next to something interesting in the produce section and doing an internet search to see what the intriguing something is good for – in this case, white cherries. Can you tell I’ve done this a lot? Continue reading “White Cherry Jam”
The Rook & Pawn, Athens GA
This is Marie, contributing an article about Rook & Pawn, the new board game café in Athens. First of all, I am an utterly biased observer. I love board games, have been a gaming geek for decades, and would have had a positive view of the place even if it had been a bit of a disappointment.
Spoiler – it’s not at all a disappointment. Continue reading “The Rook & Pawn, Athens GA”
Food From Fiction 7: Sunshine’s Cinnamon Rolls
“Tell me, what were your first cinnamon rolls like? And didn’t the recipe look simple and pure and beautiful on the page? And the instructions your teacher gave you, before he left you to get on with it, were perfectly clear and covered everything?” – from Sunshine by Robin McKinley (Berkeley, 2003)
One of my very favorite books is called “Sunshine” by Robin McKinley. It’s about a coffeehouse baker who finds that she has more power than she thinks, and would rather not have found out as the discovery is made under the most stressful of circumstances. She’d rather be making muffins and pies and bread and her signature cinnamon rolls, but instead finds herself in the uncomfortable position of being able to do unlikely things that make a huge difference in the world. However, baking is her passion, so food and cooking are used as metaphors throughout. Continue reading “Food From Fiction 7: Sunshine’s Cinnamon Rolls”
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