Latest Blog Posts for A Cooking Life

• Chocolate Caramel Bars
  on Dec 13, 2016 in Chocolate Oatmeal Walnuts
• Sweet Potato & Carrot Purée
  on Dec 8, 2016 in Carrots Sweet Potato
  Every year I have intended to share the recipe for a sweet potato & carrot purée that has been a staple on our fall and winter table for longer than I can remember.  The original version is from Julee Rosso & Sheila Lukins first collabo...
• An Autumn Freekeh Pilaf
  on Nov 30, 2016 in Dried Cranberries freekeh Kale labneh Parsley Sweet Potato Walnuts
  As dinner approached one day this past weekend I realized that all I had in the house in the way of fresh vegetables was a bunch of (beautiful) Red Russian kale from what turned out to be my last visit of the year to the farmers' market.  (I adm...
• Pumpkin Dinner Rolls...and 'braided' loaf
  on Nov 23, 2016 in Pepitas Pumpkin
  Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day.  I had intended to publish this recipe for pumpkin dinner rolls last weekend so that people would still have time to incorporate it into their meal plans if they wanted to...  But my internet has been down....
• A Week Away with Friends...a Winter Squash Tart...and Pan-Roasted Chicken with Porchetta Sauce
  on Nov 13, 2016 in Apples Bacon Cheese Chicken Parsley Winter squash
  Once again this fall I had the joy of spending a week away with a group of dear friends.  I have written of these getaways before...at a lake house on the shores of Lake Michigan...and at the home of a friend in the suburbs of Minneapolis. ...
• A November Surprise: Eggplant & Swiss Chard Gratin
  on Nov 8, 2016 in Eggplant Goat Cheese Shallots Swiss Chard
  It is no secret that the whole country is having a warmer than usual autumn.  Where I live, we have not even had our first freeze yet.  I'm not sure I ever remember being this far into the month of November without having experienced at lea...
• Suzanne Goin's Roasted Pear Salad with Endive, Hazelnuts & St. Agur
  on Oct 25, 2016 in Arugula Belgian Endive Blue Cheese Hazelnuts Pears Shallots
  Last spring I started a new series of classes called "Inspired Cooking by the Book."  The idea for this series came about because a small portion of my rather large cookbook collection is made up of books that are organized by the seasons. ...
• Chef Frank Stitt's Apple Crostata
  on Oct 9, 2016 in Apples
  The first time I tasted a fresh fruit crostata (sometimes called a galette or a free-form tart) was when I was a cook at The American Restaurant.  A chef named Frank Stitt was there as part of a guest chef series.  His menu included an Appl...
• Soup for a Cool Autumn Day—Yellow Split Pea with Autumn Squash & Greens
  on Sep 27, 2016 in Kale split peas Swiss Chard Tomatoes Winter squash
  A couple of posts back I wrote about the special foods that can be made during this curious bend in the year when late summer and early autumn produce occupy the same stalls at the farmers' market.  Before that moment is over, I wanted to squeez...
• A Primer on making French Custard-style Ice Cream...and a Recipe for Pumpkin Spice Ice Cream
  on Sep 19, 2016 in Pumpkin
  Recently I had an interesting conversation via the comments section on an old post that featured Fresh Peach Ice Cream.  Someone had made the ice cream and as a newcomer to ice cream making had experienced a few difficulties.  She wanted to...

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