As I mentioned before on this blog I once owned a microwave oven that had a Seafood button on it – and the simplicity of that combined with a divine bottled sauce from Trader Joe’s made cooking salmon simple and good. (Okay, so certain family members referred to it as “that microwaved fish Mom makes”…
Appetizers
Brooke’s Guacamole
Dinners, Parties
Fourth of July Lasagna
Dinners
A Poet’s Recipe: Shrimp Barka
If you watched Obama’s first inauguration you saw the beautiful Elizabeth Alexander read her inauguration poem, “Praise Song for the Day”, a poem I love so much that I’ve been reading it to my students ever since. (Google it and see for yourself.) Below is not a poem but a recipe from her memoir, The Light…
Kitchen Thoughts
Friends & Potlucks
Dinners
A Movable Feast: the gift of food
Dinners
Chef’s One Pot Chicken
Parties
The Poets’ Party
Dinners, Skillet Suppers
A Cozy Shrimp Saganaki Supper for Your Best Friends
The reason this Greek dish is cozy and intended for your best friends is because you place the skillet of shrimp, tomatoes, onions, olives and feta right on the table to serve and then everybody dips their bread in the communal leftover sauce. Delicious (everyone who had it gave it a 5) and very easy,…