Four for Dinner

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted one of these, but I just walked with a friend (AD) and she told me that one of her new year’s resolutions was to make a menu for the week and shop at the beginning of the week. She said it has been incredibly helpful AND she [...]

Ever since spending time in Paris, I’ve been obsessed with the French macaron. Not a “macaroon”, as this month’s recipe in Bon Appetit calls it – but a macaron. Macaroons are heavier – like the coconut cookies that you see at delis and at Passover, or the sweet almond macaroons made with almond paste. I [...]

L decided to “cook the cover” of Bon Appetit again this month. This time, the cover featured another meringue confection – Peppermint Meringue Cookies – a lot easier to make than the Lime Blackberry Italian Meringue Pie. These little meringues are simple, straightforward, beautiful and delicious. Yum, yum. L did a great job making them [...]

Tonight, we had our 90-year old, former neighbor, over for dinner. Mrs. “D” is one of our favorite people, EVER. She defines spunk. Grandma and WG were over last night and we had braised chicken with tomatoes and garlic, served over pasta. I wanted something easy and hearty for tonight, especially because the weather was [...]

J tried to make the finger cookies that I made last year, but they spread like crazy and were more like thin, lace cookies. I wondered what went wrong. So, I re-tooled the recipe and took out a little of the liquid (used only the egg yolk, not the full egg) and switched from confectioner’s [...]

L and I made this pie yesterday. It was on the cover of Bon Appetit this summer. The pie was incredibly beautiful. We made a few changes to the recipe so that it was a bit more kid friendly and also more flavorful. For instance, we did not make a red wine-blackberry compote because we [...]

In Santorini this summer, we had a wonderful dish called Shrimp Saganaki (or, Seafood Saganaki).  It was served as an appetizer, sort of like a tapas that was shared.  We used bread to soak up the wonderful sauce. L and I decided that it would be fun to try to make it and we did [...]

A beautiful day that included breakfast in bed (pancakes, sausage, fresh orange and coffee), tennis, errands with the girls, and dinner with Grandma and WG. L & J made chocolate dipped strawberries as a special treat for Grandma and I made steak, steamed green beans, roasted potatoes and sauteed mushrooms. Also made some heart shaped [...]

I made these Spooky Finger Cookies for Halloween this year. Creepy. Almost too disgusting looking to believe that they are edible. Nevertheless, they are scrumptious! My cookies turned out slightly differently than the pictures in the link above. They spread slightly. Also, I think I made mine a little bit larger because the recipe said [...]

I’m in a cooking doldrums. No ideas. Can’t even remember my stand-bys. Monday: Steamed butternut squash, chicken, polenta Tuesday: Baked pasta, salad Wednesday: S going to Baseball playoffs….breakfast for dinner Thursday: Steamed fish, brown rice Friday: TBD – guests for dinner