Throughout most of my childhood and early adult years, the coleslaw I ate often came from Kentucky Fried Chicken, or for many people is known as KFC. I liked it some, since it offered a tad of welcome – with a bit of vegetables to balance out their – sorry to say, -delicious fried chicken….
Oven- Roasted Beef with Root Vegetables
Pot roast may be out of favor and fashion in many households, but still, occasionally it’s comfort food we desire, and enjoy…
The Whole Shebang: Chicken Noodle Vegetable Soup
My chicken soup verions is a mixture of fresh ingredients but leftovers play a role too.
Greek Roasted Chicken-Potato with Cherry Tomatoes, Black Olives and Feta Cheese
I relish creating dishes that I find in my many cookbooks, using techniques and ingredients I’ve gathered there, plus my own hunches to cook a new dish. These ideas kind of cook in my brain and I use them as jumping off points for fun, creativity, deep satisfaction, and fresh flavors. I’ve been a fan…
Smooth Split Pea Barley Soup
Many, but not all tradtions, begin in childhood. Many reflections and memories connect us to food, flavor and smells. Stories abound how our mothers, fathers and grand parents cooked a partifcular way. Often we try to repeat recipes, imagine t astes that have seeped into our minds, heart and DNA! Split pea soup, not with…
Delicious Delicata-squash soup
Throughout much of 2021, I was dealing with extensive dental work including implants and extractions. Therefore, I needed to eat soft and mostly smooth foods. If I didn’t follow these simple directions and exerted effort to chew harder foods, like sandwiches, steaks, carrots, nuts and the like, even chips or crunchy foods, I would need…
Travels and Beef Barley Vegetable soup with Farro
t dinner, while in Lucca, but away from the cooking school, we all enjoyed a traditional soup – farro adn bean, or in Italian Zuppa di Farro
Saucy, tangy, fall-apart pulled pork
I have enjoyed eating pork dishes regularly over the last 50 years! But, early on, my first two decades were void of this savory food. This was because my Jewish heritage, and its restrictions abound about eating pork and the rules my parents kept. One dietary rule states that the pig has evenly split hooves,…
Vinaigrette salad dressing, plus
For many years, quite sadly, claiming ignorance, I bought my salad dressings from the grocery store. I was a fan of ranch, Italian, and those with some cheese. I would choose a supposedly good solid brand, such as Wish-Bone and Neuman’s. Still those brands often carried unpronounceable or weird ingredients (Xanthan gum, Mixed Tocopherols), but I ignored…
Cheddar-Garlic-Chive crackers
When I think of crackers, I hark back to Ritz, a popular variety currently, but also a stalwart from my childhood. They were fine back then for something simple with soup, or to top with peanut butter. I liked the crunch and the saltiness; however, overtime, I grew to dislike their dry, sawdust aftertaste. Back…
Marilyn Raff 