I believe every home cook needs a chicken soup recipe. Mine offers you a springboard of possibilities.
Macaroni and Cheese as an adult or even elegant dish? If you picture a blue box, probably not. Let’s talk….
According to Italian lore, for good, luck eat lentils for the New Year. In the southern US it’s black eyed peas.
Forget to buy powdered sugar, or your store is all out? Make your own!
A bronzed bird doesn’t have to be the only show stopper on your table. This seasonal composed salad is super-fast and easy to make and will also get a number of ooh’s and ahh’s.
“Non vedo l’ora!” In Italian, this literally means, “I don’t see the hour.” But colloquially, it means, “I can’t wait!” This is how I feel about the re-opening of the Carmine Market in Lucca where I now live.
Sometimes I have to work for it. Other times a recipe comes to me as easily as seeing writing on a wall. In the case of the classic Pisco Sour Cocktail, it literally did.
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I need to leave my own kitchen and eat out to find new inspiration.
National sandwich month (USA) was in August, but I’m aiming for pear season, so I feel right on queue.
Things taste bolder when roasted. No, not coffee beans… Take colorful bell peppers for example.
Greg Nelson Cooks 