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Tara’s Yellow Layer Wedding Cake with Butter Frosting
This was a busy and happy summer for my family, since my baby sister Tara and her boyfriend Jim tied the knot over Labor Day weekend. I was beyond flattered (and admittedly a little terrified) when she...
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Easy Homemade Minestrone Soup
Summer just came and went, didn’t it? One minute I was breathing in the ocean air at Rye with my family and escaping the heat at a beer garden with my girlfriends in Brooklyn, and the next, I’m using...
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Cinnamon Raisin Pumpkin Bread
Hooray pumpkin season! Every year I make at least a few loaves of sweet, spicy pumpkin bread, but this year I got wild and added a handful of raisins and cinnamon chips to the quick-bread batter, and...
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Date Nut Squares
When I was a kid my mother sometimes bought cereal that had dates in it. I used to pick them out, making a neat pile of hard, dried dates next to the bowl. I thought they looked like cat treats and...
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Recent Happenings
My friends, we are in the midst of my very favorite time of year. The months of October through December exhibit the very best in nature, color, smells, tastes, and opportunities for family, giving,...
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Cranberry Orange Scones
The season of tinsel, mistletoe, eggnog, and peppermint has arrived. Also, the season of cranberry and orange, like in these tasty scones. I spent a recent Saturday night with a woman I frequently...
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Vegetarian Shepherd’s Pie with Lentils, Mushrooms, and Sweet Potato
When I saw this recipe for Vegetarian Shepherd’s Pie with Lentils, Mushrooms, and Sweet Potato in one of my emails from The Kitchn last week, I swooned. I really did. One of my goals for 2013 is to eat...
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Butterscotch Chocolate Chip Cookies
If you know me, you know I can’t resist a community cookbook with worn corners and jagged, broken plastic teeth holding the pages together. Bonus points if features “cursive typewriter” font. It was...
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Quick and Easy Meatless Chili with MorningStar Farms Crumbles
It’s March in New Hampshire, which means I am both dying for spring, but also completely aware that it’s going to snow at least two more times before I see my first crocus, daffodil, or tulip. Thank...
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Banana Coconut Mini Bundt Cakes
When the bunch of bananas you bought for breakfast and healthy snacking have passed their natural prime, fear not! It just means the bananas are now perfect for use in delicious baked goods like...
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Instagram Update
In case you think this post means I’ve come back to blogging, I have. Hello! Let’s cook and eat and talk about how terrible the Beatles song “Got to Get You into My Life” is! Those horns are brutal… In...
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Three Bean Salad with Artichoke Hearts, Olives, and Feta
Man, it’s hot. I know we New Englanders pride ourselves on withstanding all manner of brutal weather, but these 5-day arcs of 90-degree days packed with humidity are unpleasant. We do have a window air...
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Blueberry Buttermilk Pancakes
These end-of-summer weekends have me feeling antsy for fall. The first blush of foliage has been turning up — seemingly overnight, as usual — and along with those crimson and gold leaves my mind is...
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Portabella Mushroom Tacos with Fresh Peach Salsa
A few nights ago I got a text from my co-worker Lori Pedrick (the talented Art Director behind every Yankee cover and layout) asking if I was interested in some of the bounty from her peach tree....
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No-Bake Peanut Butter Pie
In honor of John’s birthday on Friday, I decided to finally make the peanut butter pie that’s been sitting in my “recipes to make” folder (an actual manilla folder, not a virtual one) for 2 years. With...
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Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before
I’ve been getting emails lately telling me to renew my registration for this domain name, and it’s reminded me that (oh yes) I have a website to maintain. I have so much guilt over how little I post...
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Thick Crust Pizza
I rarely make homemade pizza dough, but when I do, I like to experiment with different recipes so I get a different pizza every time. On my last try I used a recipe from the ever-reliable King Arthur...
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Spicy Pumpkin Pie
In anticipation of Thanksgiving, I’ve been doing some serious pumpkin pie research. Mostly because I’ve only eaten it once, and had (not surprisingly) never made it before. For these reasons, I was...
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November | Brooklyn & NYC
It’s timely that I recently referenced my rampant college-era love for Morrissey and the Smiths because this past weekend I found myself staring at a Morrissey impersonator named “Ronnissey” at 1:00...
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New England Fish Chowder
The snow is already falling here in New England, and for me that means soup, soup, and the occasional pot of chowder. If you’re tired of clam chowder (heaven forbid) you may want to try a classic...
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