So… I know that sticking your hands in scorching hot whey might not be what you’re dreaming of right now, but I’ve got to tell you, I did it today and I am not sorry. It’s about 110 degrees in my bedroom right now–I mean it’s really that hot and many of you might be…
spinach ricotta pie
For some reason, pie crust has been coming up a lot lately. “I just can’t do pie crust!” I kid you not. I have heard this four times in the last week. I wouldn’t call myself a pie crust master (if only I were master of anything except this mess!), but I no longer get…
ham and cheese strata
Why Brunch, you ask? Well, first of all, a strata must be prepared the night before it is eaten, so that it can really soak in all that egg-y goodness. All that needs to happen the morning of is out of the fridge, onto the counter, into the oven. Instead making a mess of your…
broccoli with burrata, pine nuts, and warm anchovy vinaigrette- ish
I had a post all written up for you tonight. I was almost ready to publish it. And then I made dinner. And I changed my mind. Because although you may not have known it, you were here tonight too. So I figured I better tell you about it, just to keep you up to…
ricotta cake
I’m pretty sure that there was only one cookbook in my mother’s kitchen when I was a child. Or at least only one that mattered. I remember sitting on the floor with the cookbook on my lap, dressed in mini patchwork bell bottoms and lace up boots, perusing the handwritten recipes, the “mushroom strudel”, the…
Occasionally I teach workshops, and I have one coming up this fall. Join me and stellar novelist 