This Cream Gravy (aka Milk Gravy) recipe comes from the 1945 U.S. Navy Cookbook. The Navy made theirs with meat drippings; I’ve used bacon fat.
Versatile and Easy Chicken and Rice
This recipe for Easy Chicken and Rice is deserving of a homemade stock, but a store-bought one will do. It’s simple, quick, and it’s one of the all-stars of everyday-cooking comfort foods.
Pasta with Capers and Anchovies
Pasta with Capers and Anchovies (and garlic and Parmesan) is a Lidia Bastianich dish that I really love. It’s an quick, easy, weeknight throw-together.
Chocolate Raspberry Sour Cream Cake
Dark Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Buttercream and Sour Cream Chocolate Ganache: a 9-inch layer cake fit for the most extravagant occasion. It has many secrets: sour cream, bittersweet chocolate, and buttermilk among them.
Knickerbocker Soup
Knickerbocker Soup is a U.S. Navy tradition, filled with beans, carrots, and tomatoes and garnished with bacon.
Big Hawaiian Food Question
My husband and have a big Hawaiian food question: we’re looking for advice about Hawaiian foods and restaurants and wonder if you can help us.
Artisanal Waffles
Artisanal waffles are breakfast-type waffles. Very light. Beautiful with butter and syrup, and even better with compote and cream.
Hors d’Oeuvre Potluck for Twelve
Ham and Cheese / Chicken Salad Open-Faced Sandwiches on French Bread These are simple, two-bite canapés, although “canapé” seems like too fancy a word to describe them. They’re easy and casual, but nonetheless delicious and attractive. Ingredients to make at least 48, serving at least 12: 2 baguettes¾ lbs. ham, sliced 1/8-inch thick8 oz. Gruyère, […]
Steak and Potatoes, Under Water
Steak and Potatoes, sous vide and microwaved, respectively. Beef!