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a good rub.

07/26/2008 | 1 Comment | Topics: entree, freezer, menus

We all love a good rub: especially in the form of a nice comment or a compliment. But this isn’t about verbal love: it is about well-rubbed steak. Ideally, a steak that beckons gratuitous verbal rubs after it travels from fork to palate. Latin Spice Rub 1 T packed dark brown sugar 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt 1 1/2 tsp coarse pepper 1 1/2 tsp ground ginger 1 1/2 tsp… [more]

friday friends

05/08/2008 | Leave a comment! | Topics: food., menus

Well they are friends the other days of the week too, but as it turns out Friday night was the night we invited these particular friends to dinner. I love looking forward to a night of basking in the company of good friends. It is a celebration, a happy time to enjoy one another’s company. Of course, I like it even more when the meal practically makes itself. Whenever I… [more]

Friends for dinner: Italian & Vegetarian

04/02/2007 | 8 Comments | Topics: food., menus

MENU Mixed Olives Mac n Cheese Roasted Romas Pesto Pea Salad Tiramisu No, no my friends are not Italian, but they are vegetarian and I chose to cook an Italian inspired meal. Mostly, I needed an excuse to try my hand at Tiramisu and enough mouths to help me eat it! (Both the Tiramisu and the Pesto Pea Spinach Salad are inspired by Ina… [more]

A Menu full of AMMO

02/24/2007 | 8 Comments | Topics: food., menus

Aha! I have your attention. You already know that I am a sucker for impressing palates at a dinner party, and my top secret is that I love doing so with minimal effort: implementing short-cuts and kitchen secrets. I feel like a criminal skulking through the shadows, knowing I am about to pounce—with well-accorded flavors—on the unsuspecting bystander. I feel spy-like in my guarded [and incomplete but… [more]

Candy Tomatoes & Sausage Cream Pasta

08/15/2006 | 1 Comment | Topics: food., menus

MENU Mozzarella Prosciutto Skewers Olive Tapenade & Bread Walnut Grape Salad Grilled Roma Tomatoes Sausage Cream Pasta It is true, the tomatoes turned out like CANDY. It was all I could do not to throw them on ice cream and gobble them down (okay, that might be gross—but you get the idea). The BBQ is an amazing thing: turning my garden tomatoes into sweeter than sweet gems to plop… [more]

grilled steak and potatoes

08/14/2006 | Leave a comment! | Topics: food., menus

MENU Grilled Steak Skewers Grilled Potatoes Steamed Edamame Fresh Fruit I was at a hotel and had the late night munchies, so I took it upon myself to order grilled steak skewers to my room. It came with a custard dish full of blue cheese dipping sauce; if I had had a spoon in my hand I would have thrown all the steak right in the sauce and renamed… [more]