Four for Dinner

I have been meaning to post the recipe that I have been using to make scones for a while. Today, I made these easy pastries for a school function, after drop-off – i.e., breakfast time. A friend of mine described them as “crunchy on the outside and creamy on the inside”. She really liked them. [...]

Made them this morning. Also made them last week. Recipe coming soon.

As a displaced New Yorker, I am typically disappointed in the bagel offerings of the SF Bay Area. But, I have never been a bagel lover anyway. They are a little too heavy for me (though I will admit to enjoying the occasional bagel hot out of the oven at the store). When I do [...]

Above are some pictures of the bread that I’ve been baking from the book that I just bought, “Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day”, by Jeff Hertzberg and Zoe Francois. I’m all for easy and quick recipes and this book is just that (not including the time it takes to rise and bake the [...]

There are some grocery items that are so standard, and ubiquitous, they are not something that one would consider making at home. Unless, you are a little bit strange, like me. I would like to make many of those standard items. In fact, many go with tonight’s dinner: ketchup, bread and butter pickles, potato chips, [...]

I love the beginning of the weekend. It starts for me when school is out on Friday afternoon. This Friday, we had another family join us for dinner and pizza making. I thought that I’d try grilled pizza, but I couldn’t pull the trigger. I don’t know why. So, instead of trying a new recipe, [...]

As if the Speedy No Knead Bread wasn’t enough of a hit, Monday night I made a bean soup that everyone sucked down like it was their last meal. Even J, who doesn’t always love beans, finished her bowl and said that it was the best bean soup that I’ve made. The speedy version of [...]

This has truly been a week of cooking. I’m usually not this busy, but, boy this has been a week. The teacher snack – o.k., I could have bought everything, but that is just not my style. No one cares but me. If there are cookies, do they need to be home made to be [...]

S is out of town tonight, but we wanted to cook in. In the past, we’ve tried, somewhat unsuccessfully, to institute a “kids cook” night. I want to teach L & J to cook. I figure that the earlier they learn, the earlier they can help me AND appreciate the effort that I make on a [...]