dessert

just when you think it can’t get any better.
corn ice cream recipe talkoftomatoes.com
3 christmas cookie recipes – a trio of Christmas confections
5 raisin dessert recipes for the holidays
arborio rice pudding
because when it comes to cheesecake, all you really need is a bite or two…
Blackberry Brambles
brioche caramel croutons & vanilla ice cream
cinnamon creme brulee
Citrus Juice, Citrus Zest
corn ice cream recipe… with salted caramel sauce
coveted, frosted sugar cookie recipe
creme brulee
DaVinci Wine Cookbook: page 9 [of 10] DOLCI
dessert first?
Eggnog Pound Cake
First Birthday Tart
Flourless Chocolate Cake.
German Pancakes
I heart cookies. I heart you!
jam bars.
nanaimo bars
Need an easy, impressive fall dessert?
Pumpkin Cheesecake with Gingersnap Crust.
rosemary olive oil cake recipe
rustic pie crust
skip dinner: go straight to dessert.
snowball cookie recipe with pecans
Spotlight: Rhubarb.
the original candy cane. plus: candy cane cookie recipe!
Tongue Twister: A Bowlful of Blissful Brownies
Tuscan chocolate cake
Upside down… pear and caramel cake
Want an easy recipe for Tiramisu?
whiskey bread pudding recipe
you are just 6 ingredients away from the best-ever Tiramisu.

dip, sauce & syrup

because it really IS all about the sauce.
a trio of DIPS for your holiday vegetable platter
artichoke dip recipe
Asian fare: spring onion pancakes
balsamic fig & kalamata tapenade
Basic Tomato Sauce
basil simple syrup.
best ever oil & balsamic dip
blue cheese dressing. aka blue cheese dipping sauce.
Borrow these Thanksgiving Recipes:
Chipolte Aioli
cooking maniac. (plus recipe for basil oil)
dandelion mojito
DIY tartar sauce
feta blue cheese spread with sweet wine reduction and pistachios…
fish cakes… with chipolte aioli & pomegranate corn relish.
FIVE FABULOUS, easy-to-make sauces that will ROCK your daily taco.
Flourless Chocolate Cake.
make your own vanilla extract.
Minted Pea Puree (topper for bruschetta)
Nuovo Olio in Tuscany (new oil, old oil and oil tasting)
peppery shrimp with cilantro coconut sauce
pesto now & later
Pesto Pasta Salad & Pesto Spinach Salad.
Red, white and… green.
Seared Soy Orange Salmon, with…
Simple Syrups
some baked-in science, and a little mustard magic.
spinach artichoke dip
Sundried Tomato Dip… or puke?
They eat MAYONNAISE with their fries.
tomato feta olive sauce
tomato sauce
Tzaziki: dip, condiment or chutney?
Upside down… pear and caramel cake
Voting open: help me SALSA my way to the next round.
you know you have a problem when…
you quesadillas will never be the same: green chili chutney.

entree

the big enchilada…er, tomato.
a good rub.
A Sliver of Soy Maple Salmon
American Lamb Pro-Am: what to do with a leg of lamb?
At last, chicken curry I can trust.
Bacon Tomato Sauce & Pasta
Blueberry Chutney (and pork chops)
braised beef with red wine, onion brulee served on chive sweet potatoes
buttermilk parmesan chicken tenders
chicken enchiladas
chicken for wining and dining
Chickens & Goats
Crab Enchiladas with Bacon and Orange Sauce
DaVinci Wine Cookbook: page 7 [of 10] SECONDI
default dinner: 1-2-3 steak
default dinner: brown butter sage ravioli
default dinner: Hoisin Ginger Pork
default dinner: Italian sausages & sweet roasted peppers
default dinner: sausage and pasta
default dinners: my top 5 go-to recipes.
delicata squash ‘pasta’ ribbons with chanterelle mushrooms
do your meatballs fall apart? (recipe: turkey & sausage meatballs)
eggplant parmesan
eggplant ragu… on soft polenta.
fish cakes… with chipolte aioli & pomegranate corn relish.
flank steak: tucked and rolled.
foodbuzz 24×24 beyond the eggs: culling and cooking your urban hens
for my exam: Chicken Chardonnay
I can do it in 3 ingredients… (easy chicken parmesan mayonnaise recipe)
I could eat a Goose Moose Burger
Italian layered dish
Macaroni and Cheese
Malabar Hanger Steak & Ginger Carrot Puree
Mario Batali's Chicken with Cooked Wine
Mario’s meatloaf
mmmmmmm… ragu.
mushroom lasagna
Mushroom Risotto
my entree is glowing! (recipe: Coq Au Vin)
my fashion faux pas meal
my son cannot sleep: he received fungus in the mail.
On Top of Spaghetti
Onion, balsamic and dandelion ravioli
oxbow farm project: salmon with dill buerre blanc
Peanut Saucied Chicken
pecan & sage crusted lamb
peppery shrimp with cilantro coconut sauce
Pesto round 12: Pesto Halibut
PFB: Ancho-seared Swordfish with Ginger-Sweet Potato Mash, seared Escarole and Mango Mojo De Ajo
pork: sugar and spice and everything nice.
Rib rub…
Salmon in parchment
Sausage Cream Pasta
Sausage stuffed Bell Peppers.
Seared Soy Orange Salmon, with…
secret lasagna recipe
Sometimes we are crabby.
soy balsamic flank steak
stackable, stage-worthy Eggplant Parmesan
swimming RAMA.
To pork. To pork!
to start: shrimp cakes
tortellini: Peas, P’s, Please!
Veal Scallopini w/lemon & capers
Whole Roasted Chicken with Fennel, Potatoes and Kalamata Olives
wild boar sauce (cinghiale ragu)

libations

fun cocktails, whimsical drinks, new twists on old faves.
12 drinks of Christmas
a New Year's toast: with my favorite drink.
a new year’s toast: new york style (think manhattan).
after school snack: smoothies
Amaretto Sweet, Amaretto Sour
Barefoot Bubbly, coffee and tequila… piqued your interest?
Beer so far.
blackberry lemon drops
blood orange kazis
bloody mary.
Brandied Berried Sangria
Christmas Kazi
Cocotini—as in coconut.
dandelion mojito
Drunken Pear.
Fancy, summer water.
Gingersnaps
Halloween drink: Maggotini
Halloween Party 2006: Drinks
homemade ginger tea
How to make Brandied Cherries
Irish strawberry liqueur recipe
it’s that BOOtiful time of year again. #HalloweenCocktails
Italian Sodas: not for kids only
Italian spritz.
January hot drink
Limoncello
Liquefied Ghost
Mixing Mojitos
Mummy Juice
Pom-tinis & Dropping pombs.
Pure Leaf Tea & watermelon cocktail.
Purple People Eater
Reminiscent Rumminess.
sangria, and the pitchers they live in.
Silky Pear Cocktail
sledding in winter—and sipping summer
Snobby Iced Coffee
things to do today: make eggnog
when life gives you lemons… make limoncello!

salad

the green and not so green.
blue cheese raisin coleslaw
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arugula, white bean and tuna salad
blue cheese coleslaw recipe
DaVinci Wine Cookbook: page 5 [of 10] ZUPPA & INSALATA
easy coleslaw w/ blue cheese & raisins
feta beet salad with fig sherry vinaigrette.
marinated zucchini
Pecan Blue Cran Salad
Pesto Pasta Salad & Pesto Spinach Salad.
question: what do a salad, a wedding and my son have in common?
Salad Dressing: Shaken, Not Stirred
sizzling goat cheese salad
some baked-in science, and a little mustard magic.
Walnut Grape Salad
Walnut Pear Endive Salad
What to do with a jar of fig spread.

snacks

must have morsels
chicken salad @talkoftomatoes - 2
sweet cherry coffee cake @talkoftomatoes - 08
3 christmas cookie recipes – a trio of Christmas confections
A slinky, a birdhouse, a pile of rocks and a plate of cookies.
after school snack: smoothies
almond stuffed, bacon wrapped dates.
arms full, pocket stocked.
Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cherry Almond mini muffins.
cherry streusel coffee cake recipe (and ruminations of a morning on the farm)
Chicken Curry and Raisin Wraps
chicken salad recipe with raisins
Cookies with a kiss
cooking school: week three
Ginger Sugar Pecans
Grilled PB&J
homemade granola recipe with raisins
how to make dried apple chips
I made pop-tarts today!
Jack ‘o’ lantern cookies
lunch box cookies
m ‘n’ m holiday cookies.
Matiz, my sweet torta.
nanaimo bars
pie dough surprise
pumpkin bread recipe with raisins
skip dinner: go straight to dessert.
snacks revisited
Special K Bars
spicy, salty cashews
stealing deviled eggs
sugared walnuts, and other candied nuts
the gamut on granola
truffle popcorn.
What’s circular, dotted with holly, and green all over?

soups

bring out the spoons.
6 soup recipes for winter
a perfect soup to usher in fall: sherry brie & mushroom
beige in a bowl.
Black Bean Soup
cheddar and broccoli soup recipe (using broccoli stems!)
cream of carrot soup
DaVinci Wine Cookbook: page 5 [of 10] ZUPPA & INSALATA
foodbuzz 24×24 beyond the eggs: culling and cooking your urban hens
for Thanksgiving: Fennel Pear Soup
good soup. of the pumpkin ginger variety.
How to make Chicken Stock
how to make vegetable stock
jarred fish soup
miscellany chili recipe
onion soup recipe or fondly: alcohol cabinet soup.
quinoa, red bean and yellow pepper chili
Ribollita!
Tex Mex Cuisine
tomato soup.

starch

tummy-warming piles of pasta, risotto, bread and potatoes.
beet gnocchi
Carrot Risotto
DaVinci Wine Cookbook: page 6 [of 10] PRIMI
facing my fear of yeast.
gnocchi. and why it is your friend.
gorgonzola ravioli
how to make creamed corn (plus ramblings from an urban farmer)
how to make focaccia
how to make polenta
Macaroni and Cheese
make your own tortillas
Mushroom Risotto
Pesto Pasta Salad & Pesto Spinach Salad.
Potatoes [Pommes] Anna
risotto. with winter vegetables.
roasted sweet potatoes with blue cheese
Roasted Vegetables: Spicy Sweet Potatoes
Sicilian arancini
starch-fest in my kitchen
Summer is coming: Gratin Be Gone
thanksgiving dish re-invented: sweet potato goes gnocchi
Thanksgiving Orange Rolls

starters

noshes and nibbles.
"I love happy hour" says my 10 year old.
12 Days of Christmas: 12 Easy Appetizers
a trio of DIPS for your holiday vegetable platter
almond stuffed, bacon wrapped dates.
Asian fare: spring onion pancakes
Assembly only: appetizer with pesto, pine nuts, goat cheese
Aunt Vicki's Cheese Ball Appetizer
bacon wrapped, cheese filled figs
bacon wrapped, cheese-filled figs.
baked brie with fruit and nut topping
balsamic fig & kalamata tapenade
can you say amuse bouche?
chorizo empanadillas
DaVinci Wine Cookbook: page 4 [of 10] ANTIPASTI
dessert first?
Easy eggplant appetizer
Eggplant Bites w/Red Sauce
Figgy Toasts
ginger and goats: no prep appetizer
how to roast garlic. and why you will want to.
Just skew It: summer appetizer on the fly.
list of holiday appetizers
Minted Pea Puree (topper for bruschetta)
Mozzarella Prosciutto Skewers
new fave appetizer: red pepper jelly & goat cheese
quick appetizer—of the restaurant variety
Sicilian arancini
Six Simple Summer Tapas
spinach artichoke dip
stealing deviled eggs
stuffed tomatoes.
sugared walnuts, and other candied nuts
Sundried Tomato Dip… or puke?
to start: shrimp cakes
Tuscan white bean spread
What to do with a jar of fig spread.
Zucchini Blossoms

vegetables

front and center.
6 soup recipes for winter
and a side of onions, please.
asparagus recipes & asparagus health facts (plus: applause for seasonal eating)
Asparagus: snap, crackle, pop!
baby artichokes
because its ugly, that’s why.
beet gnocchi
blue cheese coleslaw recipe
Blue is the New Yellow (Broccoli inspiration)
Brussel Sprouts for "non-brussel sprout eaters"
cheddar and broccoli soup recipe (using broccoli stems!)
delicata squash ‘pasta’ ribbons with chanterelle mushrooms
Easy eggplant appetizer
easy to make vegetable strudel with puff pastry
Eggplant Bites w/Red Sauce
eggplant parmesan
Famed Family Corn.
fava beans
Green Pea Smashers
Grilled ‘candy’ Tomatoes
how to make creamed corn (plus ramblings from an urban farmer)
Italian mish-mash
Jack ‘o’ lantern cookies
Lemony Green Beans
Malabar Hanger Steak & Ginger Carrot Puree
marinated zucchini
oven-roasted broccoli
Pecan Crusted Sweet Potatoes
people don’t have to die: canning tomatoes safely
radicchio made easy.
risotto. with winter vegetables.
Roasted Vegetables: Spicy Sweet Potatoes
sautéed edamame
side dish twist: roasted pepitas and cauliflower
Slow Roasted Romas
Spotlight: Rhubarb.
The same yet different: Green Bean Casserole
Tomato Eggplant Gratin
turning a new leaf: red chard.
Wax Beans and Bacon
what to do with 2 fennel bulbs?
what’s for dinner? carrot chips.
what’s the answer? it beets me.
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