Trinidad Salt Cod Fritters with Pepper Sauce
Fun to make for a crowd – Super Bowl Sunday! – and utterly salty crispy addictive. Recipe for Trinidad Salt Cod Fritters at Andrew Zimmern’s Kitchen Adventures/Food & Wine Magazine.
Well Fed Guide to Life
I had the pleasure of being a guest on the Well Fed Guide to Life podcast last night with hosts Dave Bergen and Evan Pedersen. We ate, drank, laughed (at least I did, a lot!), and chatted at Muffaletta in St. Paul. We talked about food, vampires, hangovers, and Mexican food so bad it’s good…
Braised White Beans
These may look like ordinary white beans but they’re actually the cool-girl beans in town, swooned over on Twitter, gossiped about on Facebook, photographed and copied and seriously in demand. I’d love to take credit for the fabulous recipe but no, these are via Chef Adam Vickerman of Cafe Levain, who now has the lady…
Winter of Boots
This has absolutely nothing to do with food but everything to do with my other love – shoes! All summer long I adored perusing the blog Summer of Dresses (oh, I love clothes too, particularly dresses…) where ladies would snap a quick pic of the dress they had on, then post their pics via email….
French 75 (aka Mollytav Cocktail)
Happy New Year! Bubbles aren’t just for New Year’s Eve of course, in fact in my book they’re for every day (bit of an obsession), especially when topping a fabulous cocktail. When I had the idea to conjure a cocktail recipe to open 2012, I immediately tweeted my minxstress friend Molly McNeil, she of the…
Dominican Heaven: Casa de Campo + Sancocho
John, Nathan, and I spent the last week in the Dominican Republic with my husband’s family. We stayed in an extraordinary home in Casa de Campo on the south side of the island, relaxing, swimming, boating, and EATING. I opted not to haul a camera with me and instead only took pics with my phone….
Merry Christmas! Happy 2012!
Most-viewed Fresh Tart recipe in 2011…Pasta Amatriciana from the Muir Glen Vine Dining Tour dinner I attended at Corner Table Restaurant back in February. Chef Scott Pampuch shared his recipe, I made it at home and included it with my post about the event, and kablam. You all LOVE pasta! And pork! I don’t blame…
Popovers
It actually hurt me a little bit to bake a pan of popovers for the photo. I don’t miss many things since giving up gluten – mostly good beer, honestly – but oh, popovers! Truly the world’s most perfect butter delivery vehicle, soft and eggy, steamy and crusty, marvelously ragged with melted-butter-pooling crevices. In college,…
Quick Pasta with Cream & Garlic
Inspired by a recent David Tanis/New York Times column about the beauty of having a quick, satisfying pasta in your repertoire, I thought I’d share my recipe – if you can even call it that – for the pasta I make for my son at least once a week. Like the Tanis recipe, this dish…
Almond & Orange Cake with Poached Plum Compote
Given lusty poached plums and a hint of orange, this cake would be stunning on the Christmas table. Recipe for Almond & Orange Cake with Poached Plum Compote at Food & Wine Magazine/Andrew Zimmern’s Kitchen Adventures.