Sigh. For those who haven’t heard, Gourmet magazine announced the end of its deliciously happy shiny food loveliness. We have been on-again, off-again subscribers over the years and own about half a dozen of their various compilation cookbooks. Off the top of my head I can think of a handful of their recipes that have [...]
These aren’t brownies they are a religious experience. A religious experience for lazy people actually, because you – literally – need one bowl, one pan and one stirring utensil. That’s it. Then you need just one spoon to consume them directly from the pan. Rocky Road Brownies from Food Network (Tyler Florence) 6, 1 oz [...]
I spent 15 minutes tearing through every back issue of cooking magazine I could find looking for this recipe. Guess where it was? On the kitchen counter. Figures. Although I decamped from the land of vegetarians some time ago, I don’t have anything against them. Except that they don’t eat bacon. This is a great [...]
Stella used to adore shrimp, but has slowly grown to hate it. Ever the optimists, we continue to try recipes that will help her love it again, for the first time. We have made this recipe a gazillion times, and hoped that it’s otherworldly yumminess would show Stella the err of her ways. Her response? [...]
Believe it or not, we actually do still cook. The rules have, however, changed a bit. We do lots of cooking on the stove, because my oven’s heating power is the wattage and consistency of a 100 year old incandescent lightbulb. There is also the fact that we are country folk now, and our corner [...]