Treat your guests to a whiskey-glazed Beef Tenderloin dinner for four. In addition to the main-course roast, this menu includes cocktails, roasted vegetables, and a spice cake with apples and brandied cherries.
Blue Cheese, Pear, and Honey Tartine
This Blue Cheese, Pear, and Honey Tartine has bacon in it, but I didn’t want to advertise that fact in the name, because I feared I might start a riot.
This Maple Whiskey Glaze Goes with Everything
This homemade Maple Whiskey Glaze is brilliant with beef, but I’d bet it’d be unbelievable with bacon and wicked with chicken.
Masa Harina Mexican Corn Cakes
Mexican Corn Cakes are savory pancakes made with masa harina (corn flour). This is an easy recipe and produces a beautiful bit of everyday cooking.
French Toast from Leftover Wheat Bread (or pretty much any bread, really)
How to make an easy custardy, comfort-foodie homemade French Toast from wheat bread. An everyday-cooking kind of recipe.
Refried Beans with Cotija Crumble
This recipe for homemade Mexican (or Tex-Mex … who knows?) Refried Beans with Cotija Crumble makes a traditional side for a taco or burrito, but also makes a super-umami sandwich spread.
Brandied Cherry and Apple Spice Cake
This Brandied Cherry and Apple Spice Cake is homemade comfort food in a Bundt pan. It’s a delicious olive oil spice cake that deserves to be on a pedestal.
Gratin of Baked Fennel, Onion, and Red Bell Pepper with Gorgonzola and Danish Sausage
Gratin of Baked Fennel, Onion, and Red Bell Pepper with Gorgonzola and Danish Sausage (Medisterpølse) is genuine comfort food, but at the same time, it’s an easy bit of everyday cooking.
Tacos Norteños with Homemade Tortillas
Tacos Norteños: a recipe for beef (hangar steak) tacos in a zesty, rustic, tomato-onion-jalapeno sauce. Fantástico freshly made; aún más delicioso reheated.