Author: Chef Jen

The Basics, The Sauces

Better Than Childhood Ranch

Who doesn’t love a good ranch? Am I right, or am I right? Nothing is better than a good creamy ranch for salad or a crudité platter. We grew up on this stuff! I don’t know about you all, but the ranch I grew up on was Hidden Valley. Now, my mom did not buy […]

Travel

My Dream Paris Travel Guide

10 Days Wandering, Eating, and Drinking in Paris I am so excited to share my Paris guide with you. This is a trip I have been dreaming of for longer than I can remember, and Paris does not disappoint. There is no one right way to do Paris, but this is how I like to […]

Sunday Pasta Club, Sunday Supper, The Basics

Bottarga Tagliolini

Sunday Pasta Club Ep. 1 For the down and dirty on what went right, what went wrong, and how I fixed recipe errors, subscribe to my newsletter. At the beginning of 2023, I decided to spend the year on a journey through the endless different pasta shapes, sauces, doughs, and processes, documenting my journey with […]

Pan to Table

Not My Momma’s Lima Beans and Ham

Each year right after Christmas, my family unceremoniously drenched the simple dish of large dried lima beans and ham hock cooked in water, at the table with the only garnish that made it palatable: ketchup. Lima beans and ham prove my die-hard mantra: “If you don’t like a food, you have not had it prepared […]

1000 Calorie Salad, Anyday Dinner

Everyday Taco Salad

When I was in high school I always loved when it was taco salad bar day. I loved the combination of temperatures of warm meet and crisp cold greens, drizzled with a good amount of ranch dressing and tortilla chips for scooping, this was my favorite. This also tended to be my preferred taco night […]

Dessert

Chamomile-Lavender Strawberry Shortcake

For me Strawberry Shortcake is the quintessential spring dessert. When my kids were growing up I always served Strawberry Shortcake for Easter and springtime celebrations. When local strawberries hit the market is when it truly feels like the change of season and springtime is upon us. After the short grey winter days and dreary cold […]