Since childhood, chicken has been a tasty specialty for me, cooked in all its glory, many different ways. Along with my siblings and I, we ate chicken fried and roasted, and other ways too such as chicken a-la-king, a great way to use up leftover chicken. Our housekeeper, who worked for us from the…
Tag: RECIPES
Chicken Florentine soup with zucchini, mushrooms, potatoes and barley
50 minutes later, I spooned toothsome,fluffy barley into my soup
Seasoned cabbage rolls with beef and rice
I remember eating and loving the flavor of stuffed cabbage as a child. As I faintly recall, the rolls were thick, the nearly translucent cooked cabbage was smothered in a red sauce that dripped off the sides; it tasted slightly sweet, but not too much. I know I loved the combination of moist beef and…
Tender pot roast aside caramelized onions and carrots, all topped with warm gravy
In our household growing up in the suburbs of Newark, New Jersey we ate pot roast fairly often. I don’t recall the side dishes, or what else came along with the meat, but probably the pot contained potatoes and carrots, onions naturally, and perhaps other vegetables. To this day, I’m not fond of potatoes in…
Drum roll please–first blog recipe!
one evening I was restless, so I browsed my three–foot stack of cooking magazines and saw a few interesting recipes, like the following one. It appeared different with roasted potatoes. Over the years I have been bored with boiled potatoes, so bland, simple, so this recipe caught my attention. Plus, I had several fresh veggies…
Cookbooks up on new bookshelf
This is my first official blog post since my friend Sabina Espinet, an excellent graphic designer, fixed my website. Over the last several years my bookshelves have been bulging, overflowing with poetry, gardening, memoir books, books on writing and now cookbooks. Many of the excessive amount of books have ended up stacked neatly on my…
Classic Fiesta Dip
From Nourished: A Memoir of Cooking and the Arts by Marilyn Raff Prep. Time: 30 Minutes / Serves 6-8 16-18 oz refried black or pinto beans – try half and half 2/3 cup prepared taco dip 1 cup sour cream 2 ripe avocados, pitted, skinned, minimally mashed with…
