Ok, so ever since our trip to Traverse City a few summers ago, I’ve been craving the mussels from North Peak Brewery. The North Peak’s mussels were so good we asked for three helpings of bread just to sop up the amazingly flavorful broth at the bottom of the bowl. At our third request for …
My parents visited last weekend and I cooked my pants off for Sunday Supper! I accepted Bon Appétit’s October “cook the cover” challenge and made something I’d never before attempted; a cider-brined pork roast. The photo on Bon Appétit’s cover screams Autumn – which was perfect for the chilliest Fall weekend we’ve had so far …
One of my good friends just posted on Facebook today, “it’s soup season”, and I couldn’t agree more. This soup-er (ha) creamy cauliflower soup recipe is from this September-October’s issue of Cook’s Illustrated. It looks so fancy that you feel like you should get dressed up to eat it. I’m writing the recipe pretty much …
Ok, I KNOW that Fall is officially here, but it was 80 degrees here today damn it, so I refuse to put my flippy floppies away just yet! I found one last rogue watermelon, (cripes it was probably from Guatemala) at the grocery and decided to make this admittedly summery salad last week. It’s so …
An amazing thing happens to garlic when you roast it at 400 degrees for 35 minutes. It transforms into a creamy, mellowed, caramelized, spreadable treat! So simple and savory, your guests will think you’ve slaved for hours over this appetizer. Spread it on a french baguette or crackers and serve with a glass of Chardonnay. …
Pie dough… I had so many failures with trying to make homemade pie dough that I eventually stopped self-sabotaging and regressed to buying the red box of Pillsbury dough in the frozen section of the grocer. That is, until, my friend Kathryn showed me the way! She held a little pie dough making class for …
It was cold here in TN for like, oh, I don’t know, 10 minutes? Of course, when the temperature drops below 70, my Midwestern Polish roots kick in and I want COMFORT FOOD. Unfortunately, by the time I brought these beautiful beef shanks home, the temps had already spiked back into the 90’s. Sigh, what’s …
I’m not going to lie, I have at least one more Hatch Green Chile recipe left in me after this one. I now understand the cult following of these things! Flavor packed with a hint of lingering char leftover from grilling, Hatch chiles now have a permanent place of spicy appreciation in my heart. This …
My dad is a shameless potato chip junkie. Unfortunately for him, my mom is perpetually dieting (even though she looks just fine to me) and refuses to keep tempting chips in her pantry. My poor father is forever in search of his next bag of chips. Sour cream, plain or ruffled, it makes no difference; …
Last weekend I attended my first ever hatch green chile pepper roasting party. You may ask, “what’s a Hatch green chile, Michele?” Good question. Hatch green chiles are chile peppers cultivated in and around Hatch, New Mexico. The peppers can range from mild to extra hot on the Scoville index. The harvest season lasts the …
