Just about everyone in my world loves pasta and Mexican food. And when I can manage to combine them into a casserole, I am happy because there are a lot of days where I have limited time before dinner and I love to be able to pull a delicious looking dish out of the refrigerator, and toss a salad while it cooks. Continue reading
Home cooks around the world are ingenious when it comes to using their leftovers. Day old bread exists in every culture, and in Italy, they frequently use it in this famous salad. Their original concept was to lightly soak a very sturdy, hearty (and hardened) bread in water and then combine the bread with tomatoes, olive oil and other odds and ends to make a salad where the bread sort of dissolves into a delicious grainy consistency. Continue reading
Retro food alert! I was planning brunch the other day and remembered this easy recipe that I think originally came from the wrapper of Jimmy Dean sausage. It is easy and makes a tasty addition to a brunch buffet or can be just as good as an appetizer or game snack. Continue reading
At the market these days, the deli or prepared food counter will often have three or four versions of chicken salad. You can buy it made with grapes, with pickles or pineapple, with poppy seeds, walnuts or apples—sweet and savory, Southwestern and Asian—to name just a few of the variations—and the collective “we” must be buying it like crazy, because the bowls seem to empty by the end of the day. Continue reading
This post is in response to a friend who emailed me recently asking if I had ever eaten at a restaurant in Washington, D.C. called Bootsie, Winky and Miss Maud (who could forget that name—and yes, I had!) and mentioned that she had always enjoyed their Gazpacho Soup (which I never had) and asked if I might have a good recipe for Gazpacho Soup. I do, I do! Continue reading
This is our family’s favorite potato salad and it always makes an appearance for the 4th of July. It has a lot of ingredients and you can leave some out or add some in and you will still have a great potato salad. But made this way it has quite a little kick to it—nice as a side dish for a summer barbecue. Continue reading
