Bonjour! I just returned from a much needed vacation in the food mecca known as France. The purpose of my man crow and I’s trip was to visit our dear friend Tara and be witnesses at her wedding to the charming Alex Paret. During the week leading up to the main event the four of [...]
Read more →My man crow and I embarked on our first journey of homemade chicken pot pie. Although we were both a little nervous the end product was a win for the books but we did experience the slight failure of forgetting to add the frozen peas. Peas don’t make or break a pot pie but they [...]
Read more →It dawned on me that I haven’t made a hearty eggplant dish since last winter so I had a new mission on my hands. I am a fan of the slender Japanese varieties but since I was aiming for hearty I went straight for the honking Italian ones. In an effort to step out [...]
Read more →Comfort Food Comfort Food Comfort Food. The windows are closed and the heat is on and I’m a couple weeks away from moving my porch herbs inside to hopefully survive and prosper rather than wilt and die. This change of temperature brought me an immense craving for roasted chicken, especially since I just came across [...]
Read more →Living in an urban environment makes it hard to feel really connected to the food you eat. When I first moved to Boston, I frequented Haymarket, rain, snow, or shine. Haymarket filled a great void for cheap produce in my early years of cooking, but now that I have a little more money to spend, [...]
Read more →well this crow has been MIA for far too long! the past few months have been quite the roller coaster! the boxes are almost gone and i FINALLY made my first meal in our new nest in Oakland, CA. after a successful trip to COSTCO, our freezer is packed w/affordable organic chicken and turkey and [...]
Read more →This may send readers into carb-overload after Mo’s delicious pasta posts but I have to share this tasty mac and cheese I whipped up in the good ol’ cast iron skillet before it escapes my memory. I make mac and cheese quite often so I wanted to branch out with my cheese choice to add [...]
Read more →Vbar and I flew north this past weekend to go visit Riane in the lively city of Montreal. It was a packed apartment with six of us pals plus two cute pups so meal planning involved some strategy. The first morning there we made a giant batch of scrambled eggs and bagels from a [...]
Read more →I meant to do this post back in the Fall when branches of brussels sprouts were available at the surrounding farmers markets but better late than never. This is a recipe I used for my family thanksgiving, friend thanksgiving, and most recently for my mother’s birthday dinner. If you are skeptical of brussels sprouts, please [...]
Read more →After reviewing my checking account transactions last week, I realized that my love of gourmet cooking and dining-out were putting a serious dent in my funds. I needed a meal that I could stretch for a while. I decided that roasting a chicken would produce enough meat for several days and the bones could be [...]
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