Thanksgiving

A Love Child at the Thanksgiving Table

November 18, 2012

I recently posted this Instagram photo of something new (to me) called Kaleidoscope sprouts. I discovered that lots of others had never heard of them either. My friend Colleen commented, “My two favorite veggies had a love child?” That is exactly what happened. Kaleidoscope sprouts, also known as flower sprouts, are a clever cross between [...]

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Bar Nuts

November 21, 2011

I inherited my passion for cooking from my mom. But my dad is the one who got me hooked on cookbooks. For a few years in the 1990s, my dad gave me a cookbook every Christmas. I do not know what precipitated this tradition (my mom was always the holiday shopper in the house). And [...]

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Zuppa di Zucca Gialla {Winter Squash Soup}

November 13, 2011

Photo by Maren Caruso from Williams-Sonoma Rustic Italian (Weldon Owen) I resisted including a recipe for winter squash soup in The Glorious Soups and Stews of Italy. It seemed to me that there were already more than enough to go around, and one of my aims for the book was to shine a light on lesser [...]

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The Family Dish: Turkey Breast and Vegetable Pot Pie in a Biscuit Crust

May 16, 2011

If I say the word ‘turkey’ I won’t blame you for thinking of Thanksgiving, even though it is mid-May. We are so used to associating this bird with that holiday that most of us forget about it for the rest of the year. This used to be the case at our house, unless you count [...]

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Potatoes, Richly Repurposed

December 1, 2010

I had no intention of writing this post because, like you, I am done with Thanksgiving, and with the remains of the feast. Or so I thought. Then, the other day, I found the potatoes. They had been shoved in the back of my fridge. My brother-in-law, who hosted Thanksgiving this year, had densely packed [...]

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Leftover Inspiration: Stuffing Dumpling Soup

November 26, 2010

There are only two Thanksgiving leftovers I’m really interested in. One is the carcass of the turkey, for broth; the other is the stuffing, for without stuffing there can be no stuffing dumplings to poach in the broth. Stuffing dumplings! Such an inspired idea. I with I had thought of it decades ago. Indeed, I [...]

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Squash Cornbread and A Cookbook Appreciation

November 22, 2010

I stopped counting my cookbooks a long time ago. Every last bookshelf is jammed end-to-end with them, and they are now piled in precarious stacks around my house. Some of these stacks are two rows deep. I love all of the books—well, most of them, even the ones that sit untouched for months, or years. [...]

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