“Where would we be without salt?” – James Beard

Category Archives: Main Course

Bacon Day

Remember that time a few weeks ago when I promised bacon? You thought I lied didn’t you? Well, I didn’t because today is the day. Let’s just go ahead and call it bacon day because not only do I have two great recipes (a goat cheese and bacon pasta and red onion and bacon jam) [...]

Pressure Cooking: French Pork Stew with White Beans

America’s Test Kitchen sent me the FAGOR Duo Stainless Steel 8-Quart Pressure Cooker to experiment with in preparation for their forthcoming book, “Pressure Cooker Perfection” (available to pre-order now, released in March). What you are about to read is my experience with the pressure cooker using one of the recipes from the new book. I was [...]

Melted Leeks and Ricotta Tartine

Could it be that there is actually something good to be said of fear? It turns out that the emotion that I’ve dreaded and relegated to being “wrong” and “unhealthy” might possible be an indicator of exactly what I should be doing. Let me back up for a moment. This past week I read, or [...]

Dating My Husband: when it comes easy

There are days when the date night is another item on the to do list. We do it to continue the habit knowing that even in our exhaustion the time together is necessary. We never regret that time together because even in the most tired evenings, when it’s simply a cocktail and a 30 minute [...]

Turkey Roulade with Sausage Stuffing

“We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer My facebook feed is scattered with friends and family who have dedicated an update of thankfulness for everyday in November. The political rants are becoming less and less while the thanks for [...]

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