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Rich holiday party food leaves your guests wanting something light and refreshing. This Asian chicken salad in phyllo cups will hit the spot.
Cabbage
Nobody actually likes tofu.
It feels a little bit like clickbait to dispute my post title in the opening paragraph, but I’m going to do it anyway. Tofu is wonderful – light and pillowy with a crisp exterior – when it is fried. Otherwise, it is terrible – bland and mealy. Trust me, I […]
Georgian Spiced Cabbage and Peppers
Georgian Spiced Cabbage and Peppers Serves 8 Dry Adjika is Georgia’s answer to Garam Masala. Warm and fragrant with fennel, red pepper and blue fenugreek. It elevates everyday cabbage into something truly special. Ingredients: 2 tbs olive oil 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 small head cabbage, thinly sliced 2 red peppers, […]
Jane Forgiel, this one’s for you. 3
Jane Forgiel is my Mom’s mom, my grandmother. She grew up in Maryland, met my grandfather, a young doctor, while working as a nurse, and moved with him to Rhode Island, where she raised seven children. Unlike the Polish recipes of my other three grandparents, the dishes Gram was best known for […]
Sobering. 2
My friend Ali and I are both responsible, mature adults. However, for a brief period, before we met our husbands, she and I got together regularly for an after work cocktail or seven. We often ended those less-than-sober nights dining on what we affectionately referred to as “cheap Chinese.” Several […]
Sounds good on paper. 3
It all begins with a perfect summer day, warm and lightly breezy. The sun is low in the sky, reflecting off your sunglasses as you pull up to the bar for a cheap, watery beer that could not taste better passing over lips still salty from the ocean. The bartender […]
#testkitchen
Where do 4-5 new recipes a week come from? It all starts by chatting with the farmers at Eastern Market as soon as I wrap up my Saturday demonstrations. Learning what will be fresh and bountiful the following weekend, I head home, my canvas bag filled with challenges. Some weeks […]