I’m up in my cabin in the mountains and invite our friend Keith over for a glass of wine and supper. I decide to have Kara’s cauliflower soup with a loaf of French bread which sounds very easy and I’ve been meaning to try it ever since she emailed me the recipe. I forgot to…
Dinners
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Dinners
Beatrice’s Brazilian Stew: Warmth for Cold Nights
This is delicious – a fish stew flavored with cilantro, lime, red pepper and garlic that tastes very rich but mainly is just vegetables and fish. My friend Beatrice served it at an elegant little dinner party (with bread and salad), but it also works for a very casual evening with hungry friends helping themselves…
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Dinners
A Guy Dinner: Meat and Potatoes for R’s Birthday
For my husband’s birthday, two days after Christmas, we had another dinner party. A very easy one, with red meat included because that’s what he wanted, and also carrots which he loves and I’d never cooked before. In spite of my oh-my-God-I-don’t-want-to-overcook-this-beef panic and the carrots, it turned into a very simple dinner. Here’s the…
Dinners
Mashed Potatoes That Will Save Your Sanity
I don’t mean to be overly dramatic but it’s true. This recipe can help you avoid going crazy in the kitchen while cooking big holiday dinners. When I prepared my first Thanksgiving dinner years ago, mashing potatoes at the last minute gave me a full blown panic attack. How are you supposed to mash potatoes…