Beef Brisket
My guest blogger today is Robert Rosenthal, the Short Order Dad®. Like him, I am a busy parent, but I still love to cook and eat well—and make great dishes for my family. Here is his recipe for brisket, one of my favorite fall dishes. The Top 10 Reasons Why Brisket is Beautiful by Robert […]
Snicker doodles
In my stack of cookbooks I came across one of my childhood favorites: The Cookie Book, which is torn, tattered and full of grease stains from my young hands. And since it’s a cloudy Saturday, I thought what better way to spend part of the day than to bake cookies with Toddler S (who turned […]
Gourmet is folding
The food and magazine world has lost one of its mainstays with the demise of Gourmet magazine. One has to wonder about the state of magazines in general when such a steadfast publication is closing. And the powers that be seem so mean about it: according to one article, all of the employees will be […]
Le Creuset
I was meandering around with Baby S today (we went to 3 playgrounds) and stopped into one of my favorite stores, The Broadway Panhandler. I’ve been eyeing this orange Le Creuset French oven for a while now, and I’d especially love it now since I plan on making a lot of stews and other dishes […]
Turnip soup
It’s a cool crisp afternoon here in New York, the perfect time to make a puréed soup. Since I’m such a big fan of root vegetables, I’m using one of my favorites: turnips. When I used to work at Union Square Café one of their famed side dishes was mashed turnips with crispy shallots, and […]