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This is one of my older recipes (so old, I don’t remember where I got it and can’t find it online), and apparently I don’t make it too often...

This photo doesn't begin to do justice to the majestic roasted chicken that emerged from my oven that night. But that's only because...

Two Saturdays ago, A and I were feeling under the weather and had canceled our afternoon plans in favor of lying limply around the house. Bu...

I am inordinately pleased with myself for trying this set of recipes, and even more pleased (one might say downright smug) that I pulled the...

I chose this highly-rated recipe from Epicurious as an appropriately noble use for my Rancho Gordo midnight black beans and my new Dutch...

I made this before Christmas but didn't have time to post it, what with all the frantic baking. From Cook's Country via RecipeZaar...

Happy belated new year! After three weeks of feverish baking and canning before Christmas, two weeks in Minnesota being blissfully fed by ot...

It would never have occurred to me to put Boursin on a pizza, but I’m so glad I found this recipe from Eggs on Sunday . Spinach and garlic a...

Look, yet another way to combine vegetables with shallots and lemon! I will never tire of those flavors. This is a nice, simple-but-inter...

This. Is. Amazing. If you only make one chicken recipe from this blog, make this one. Now! Hurry! You can thank me later. I was a little sus...

Yum yum yum. This recipe, from Recipezaar via Ezra Pound Cake , is a simple treatment for salmon that packs a big whallop. The brown sugar ...

This barely qualifies as a recipe, but it was still something of a revelation to me. Roasted squash is certainly nothing new, and acorn is a...

Here’s an easy side dish (from Tyler Florence via the fantastically useful blog Cheap Healthy Good ) that may win over some members of the ...

Here’s a quick and easy side dish that pairs one of my favorite vegetables with one of my favorite flavor combos for vegetables: shallots ...

Wow. I’m down with putting potatoes (and more potatoes ) and squash on pizza, and everyone knows roasted onions and garlic are splendid on...

This recipe, originally from Serious Eats , wasn't the quickest thing I've ever cooked (in addition to the long baking time, there a...

Lately, at my office, we are awash in overripe bananas. The company provides fresh fruit for us throughout the week, but I think someone has...

Courtesy of The Pioneer Woman Cooks , this simple but clever technique combines the tenderness of baked potatoes and the brownness of roaste...

I’m trying not to post any more recipes without photos, but I dropped the ball on this one. Initially, I was too disappointed with the way t...

First the purple potatoes , then these green beans (which I haven’t posted about yet, but they’re quite good), and now yellow squash—I’m st...