Like many New Yorkers, I have strong feelings about bodegas (adoration born of dependence) that go from the bodega cats to the stuffed shelves (mine appears to carry more items than our Trader Joe’s), to the griddles. I am in awe of the people who cook at them. I am …
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A highly recommended way to be very unpopular with the people you share meals with is to tell them you’re making zucchini grilled cheese for dinner. “Like, zucchini as the bread?”“Zucchini instead of cheese?”“But I don’t like zucchini!”“KEENY.” And so we’re not going to. We’re going to call this a …
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Sorry, I blinked and missed 2016 in that way that happens when you’re so deeply in it, you forget to look up. I went from having one kid and a tiny bundle wrapped in a blanket to have two real-live mobile children and they are impossibly cute and exhausting and …
Read More »No-Knead Cheese Bread
Watch the video for this recipe: This No-knead Cheese Bread is another great bread recipe I want to share with you. A perfect crusty bread, with an elastic and chewy crumb texture, packed with cheese aroma and a hint of garlic, it is simply an amazing way to welcome the …
Read More »Cheese Potato Pancakes
Watch the video for this recipe: Here is another quick and easy potato recipe that you can either prepare as a side dish or simply as a snack. For these pancakes the potatoes are not cooked in advance but grated and squeezed well of any excess liquid. This step is …
Read More »Roasted Tomato Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Watch the video for this recipe: Grilled cheese sandwiches with gooey melted cheese, summer roasted tomatoes, fresh basil and crispy buttery bread slices are a great choice for breakfast or lunch whenever you want something quick, satisfying and delicious. Summer roasted tomatoes are flavorful and are a great choice for …
Read More »Cream Cheese Marbled Brownies
Watch the video for this recipe: Rich, fudgy, chocolaty brownies topped with swirled cream cheese are simply hard to resist. I make them for many years now on special occasions and are greatly appreciated each time. Even though I already posted a similar recipe on my blog years ago …
Read More »leek, ham and cheese egg bake
A friend from high school texted me a couple weeks ago to say that he’d made the Spinach and Cheese Strata for Christmas morning brunch and it was a big hit. Ever the smartass, I asked him where he’d found a whole room of people willing to eat bread and …
Read More »Garlic Cheese Bombs
Watch the video for this recipe: I’ve seen this kind of cheese bombs on Pinterest few time ago and searched for a recipe. All the recipes I have seen were using premade biscuit dough. Where I live I can’t find this dough in grocery stores so I decided to try making …
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September has always been my favorite month. The grimy, relentless sauna that is New York City in August finally lifts and we can almost always count on a solid week (or more) of impossibly sunny low-humidity days that I consider my personal obligation — as happy repentance for all the …
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