Spatchcock chicken is the whole roasted chicken’s ride or dies BFF! Spatchcock is such a funny word…my boy’s reaction, “What did you call me?” Dictionary.com defines it as “a dressed fowl that has had its backbone removed and has been split open and flattened so that it cooks more evenly when grilled…” Also called butterflying, […]
If you’ve ever planted a zucchini plant in your garden you know what happens — you end up with zucchini for days! You can make zucchini bread, muffins, saute it, grill it, but my favorite is to fry it up as fritters. Creamy, and mild, and just right to soak up some tangy spicy sauce. […]
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 […]
The eggplant, or the mighty aubergine, is one of those vegetables, I mean fruit — nope it’s a berry, you either love it immensely or hate it intensely. I wager if you fall into the latter category you have probably had some pretty mushy bad renditions of this delightful purple orb. Eggplant should be silky […]
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 […]
If you read THE Pie Crust recipe, the start to My Flakiest, Butteriest Biscuit Yet will look very familiar. You would be right. I have made some form of all-butter biscuits a million different ways over the years, but ever since I came across this method of leaving the butter in big shingles my biscuits […]
This is a throwback to those crispy shell, ground beef tacos of my childhood, but oh! so much better! There is nothing authentic or traditional about these tacos. The hard-shell taco is an American invention, and these definitely blow the processed, pre-packaged taco mix out of the water. In my humble opinion, my family heartily […]
A simply roasted chicken is a go-to for your dinner toolbox. Whether it’s for a Sunday Supper or mid-week fare. It will reward you with juicy meat, everyone’s favorite piece, shatteringly crispy-salty skin, and the best is the leftovers for lunches, salads, sandwiches, and bones for homemade chicken broth. This is not really a recipe […]
This is the pie I dream about, and you will too, long after blackberries are out of season. When I was a kid we had a ridiculous hedge of blackberry brambles that ran all along one side of the house and edged around the field that was behind us. I would go out before they […]
There are few words to say about this pie crust except that it is amazing! It’s flaky and buttery and everything you want in a crust. THE Pie Crust recipe is more about the technique than the recipe itself. The ingredient list isn’t unusual or very different from what you generally see in a crust […]