Congratulations to Christina who won a copy of The Coastal Table. The giveaway is now closed. Thank you to everyone who entered and to Union Park Press for providing the book for this giveaway. You know that friend you have who has great taste in all things style and food? And who makes it all… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Appetizers
Vegetarian Stuffed Mushrooms with Roasted Cauliflower and Chives
Come Big Game time, there are plenty of meaty treats available: chicken wings, burgers and their diminutive slider cousins, hotdogs, meatballs and sausage, pulled pork, barbecue spare ribs, beef stew, nachos, chili. Sure, nachos and chili can be made vegetarian, but how often does that happen for Super Bowl? Not often, at least not in… Continue Reading
Orange-Maple Chicken Drumsticks with Orange-Gorgonzola Dipping Sauce
Football is a great excuse for all-day snacking, which JR and I definitely partake of once the weather changes from lovely, golden autumn warmth to the why-do-we-live-here-again cold. It must be the glorious autumn, gorgeous spring, and stunning summer that keeps us here, because it certainly can’t be the frigid winter that does. No matter,… Continue Reading
Feast of the Seven Fishes: Clams Casino
Our Christmas Eve celebrations were always of a red sauce sort. Not surprising, given that my Nana owned an Italian-American restaurant – not a Calabrian restaurant, not a Tuscan restaurant, not a Piemontese restaurant – a restaurant specializing in all things breaded, stuffed, and red sauced. Chicken Parmigiana is still my go-to comfort food. If… Continue Reading
Three-Bean Chili (and nachos, too)
With the Super Bowl quickly approaching, I have a pressing question for you: Do you ever do the menu visualization trick when you’re in a restaurant that isn’t, well, a fine dining establishment? You know, the dive-y, pubby places where you just know that the kitchen staff cuts the package open, pours it into the… Continue Reading