I was afraid to try my hand at veal scallopini. I think I was intimidated to attempt this restaurant stalwart, the ‘unavoidable signature dish’ that reflects the caliber of food at a given restaurant.
To gauge an Italian restaurant, I order—with a mix of trepidation and genuine anticipation—veal scallopini. Or in a pinch, I order the [...]

So what is a default dinner you ask? Here is a hint: another default dinner is the Buttermilk Parmesan Chicken.
Here is the answer: a cheesy way for me to say: ‘even a kid could make it,’ or ‘5 minutes of effort for 50 minutes of praise,’ or ‘meals that make themselves,’ or my favorite: ‘weak-night’ [...]

So easy! And when the brain is going on fumes in deciding ‘what’s for dinner,’ this round of chicken is the perfect answer. In fact, as I write this, my 11 year old son is in the kitchen making this.
There are days… and sometimes weeks, where my kitchen repertoire and responsibilities go on autopilot. This [...]

On top of Spaghetti
All covered with cheese
I lost my poor meatball
When somebody sneezed
It rolled off the table
And onto the floor
And then my poor meatball
Rolled out of the door
It rolled in the garden
And under a bush
And then my poor meatball
Was nothing but mush
The mush was as tasty
As tasty could be,
And then the next summer,
It grew into [...]

This is not my own, this recipe evokes a family-wide bow to Food & Wine. In their January 2007 magazine, Food & Wine delivered this easy to make, family-friendly dish. Perhaps their intent was restaurant fare, as a famous chef (Bruce Sherman: Food & Wine Best New Chef 2003) delivered this most impressive concoction. But [...]