Hand Me Downs When a recipe is handed down from person to person to person, you know it’s a keeper. This recipe came from a neighbor, to my dad, to me, then to my husband, who …
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Keeping Count
When making cherries jubilee for multiple guests, I want to be able to provide the same amount of cherries in each serving. The question then becomes, how many cherries do I have on hand to …
Cooking with Doni
Well, we did it! Dinner for 8 is in the books! If you’re a local reader, you are all too aware of the Carr Fire that raged through the west side of our city six …
Cabbage to the Rescue
Chef Husband: “I picked up some corned beef to make Reubens. Do we have any sauerkraut in the fridge?”Mrs. Chef: “No, but we have cabbage and I can make a quick kraut!” After a year …
Taking a Waldorf Salad in a New Direction
I was having a hankering for a classic wintry salad, the Waldorf. I gathered together my apples and celery, but oops, no walnuts were on hand. Not a total game changer, but it opened up …
Pasta 1-2-3
Part of my apprenticeship, has been learning how to run the lunch program for our son’s school. During the previous school year, I shadowed Chef Husband in the kitchen. That experience is what precisely prompted …
Baggie Bowls
I have always fought with zipper bags, trying to scoop things into them, and then having whatever wet sticky mess I was trying to put in, left behind all over the zipper and on the …
How to Trim a Bread Bowl
Suddenly, I noticed the scent of garlic and clams were filling the air. Could it be? Is Chef Husband making chowder? It has been a really long time since I’ve had clam chowder. Back when …