Every holiday season invariably I attend at least one potluck in which I’m the person who brings the rolls. I try to change it up a little bit every year. These petite biscuits from the Nov. 2009 Bon Appetit are flaky (you have to fold them over and over while rolling them out, like croissants, [...]
Archive for December, 2009
17 Dec
Coup de Taco truck
I love truck food. I love tacos. I love food trucks right by my office that serve up super-special vegetarian-friendly tacos. The sudden surge of young, college-grads starting food trucks to realize their culinary dreams (and work their butts off) has recently brought Honest Tom’s tacos, Hubbub Coffee, and now Coup de Taco. Their website [...]
16 Dec
Horseradish Mashed Potatoes
Another day, another submission to Gourmet Unbound. I love mashed potatoes and horseradish, so this fluffy, and certainly unhealthy, dish from Gourmet December 2002 was right up my alley. My only criticism? More horseradish!
14 Dec
Roasted Carrots and Parsnips with Herbs
I love to find new recipes for my in-season vegetables, and often I turn to www.epicurious.com for inspiration. The Epicurious website catalogues recipes from Bon Appetit, Food and Wine, and the late, great, Gourmet. Gourmet was one of my favorite magazine because of it’s beautiful photographs and in-depth foreign food explorations. I decided to submit [...]
13 Dec
Winter Vegetable Gratin
Sometimes you want to cook something, and you have a fridge full of vegetables, and you have to figure out how to combine your craving with your desire to use everything up before your next CSA delivery. That how this dish was born. A basic gratin, (cream, milk, cheese) with turnips, savoy cabbage, and amazing [...]
9 Dec
December GRID Happy Hour Tonight
Hey everyone! Our favorite magazine about sustainability in Philadelphia hits the stands today! Check out my recipe for butternut squash and mushroom lasagna (pictured below) in the print addition or online. GRID Cover December 2009 And join us to celebrate its release: WHERE: The Abbaye (3rd and Fairmount) WHEN: 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9 $3 [...]
7 Dec
Brunch at Royal Tavern
I really like Royal Tavern. They have a beautiful bar, dim lighting, and are very veggie/vegan friendly. Unfortunately, I don’t live close, so I don’t get there very often. But when I can convince someone to make the trip, I go. I’ve been thinking about this amazing “BLT” since a friend ordered it the last [...]
2 Dec
Village Whiskey. Did you say Whiskey?
It’s hard for me to even talk about how much I love bourbon. Like, enough to get me into trouble. Enough that I had to give it up for a year. Now that I’m older and sometimes understand moderation, my love for whiskey has risen up, and it demands to be satisfied. So when I [...]
1 Dec
Roasted Cauliflower
I have to admit that there are few ways that I like to eat cauliflower. Ever since childhood, “trees” (cauliflower and broccoli) don’t much appeal to me. But it turns out that Iove it roasted! There are many different ways to flavor roasted cauliflower, but this is the basic: Thinly slice one head of cauliflower [...]
