Author: Chef Jen

Holiday

My Favorite Turkey Washed in Butter and Wine

Over the years, I have cooked turkey in a million different ways, and I always come back to this method. I first learned about this when I went about planning my very first Thanksgiving feast that I was cooking and hosting. I found this technique of covering the turkey breast in cheesecloth soaked in white […]

The Sauces

It’s The Easiest Turkey Giblet Gravy

Gravy really is one of the easiest sauces to make and to fail! But it doesn’t have to be if you follow a couple of tried and true steps. When I buy my turkey, I always also buy some additional turkey wings. Pull the giblet packet from the cavity of the bird and use everything […]

Dessert

A Really Good Pumpkin Pie

There is no need to invent the wheel here when others have done such a good job already! Thank you Dorie Greenspan for this deliciously perfect pumpkin pie recipe. Whenever I use someone else’s recipe I always take a little liberty with the ingredient list and so should you! In baking though, some ingredients should […]

The Sides

All “Dressing’d” Up With ‘Shrooms and Cippolini

It’s my exceptional Thanksgiving dressing. I know it’s dressing because I’m not stuffing it up a bird, but doesn’t stuffing sound more Thanksgiving-ish? Anywho, dressing/stuffing is a crowd-pleaser in my house, and a requirement on the Thanksgiving table or my family would surely riot! This is the dressing I have been perfecting for years and […]

The Sauces

This Is Not Canned Cranberry Sauce

I love a tart and fresh cranberry sauce, made from whole berries and zippy ginger, not a fan of the sauce that comes from a can. I know there is a lot of debate over this topic, and everyone has an opinion, but the canned variety has a grainy texture and cloying taste that just […]

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 […]