Winter

I love to discover new recipes by happenstance. Last week I was paging through Gourmet Today, a cookbook I’ve had over 10 years, and for some reason a recipe for Winter Tabbouleh caught my attention. Instead of the familiar tabbouleh composed of ripe summer tomatoes,–Read more

Waking up to a house that smells of apple pie spices is one way to welcome a day happily. When the spices are laced throughout an easy baked oatmeal brimming with tender apple pieces and tart dried cranberries, breakfast makes the day even better. My–Read more

During the cold days of winter, I love being able to share food that’s bright and seasonal with friends. This dish, a winter Caprese, combines the typical ingredients of a summer Caprese salad—tomatoes and mozzarella—but changes the way the tomatoes are prepared. Oven roasting the–Read more

I like the irony that we turn to a food called “chili” to take the chill off of a frosty evening.  I’ve been warming our winters with this vegetarian chili for over two decades, using its unusual ingredient—bulgur wheat—to entice even carnivores to dig in.–Read more

I know that Halloween is around the corner, and I should be carving pumpkins. But I decided to carve and stuff apples instead. Baking apples, scented with cinnamon and packed with a mixture of pecans and dried fruit, says that happy fall days are here.–Read more

Imagine a Valentine’s dessert that’s warm, spicy and the color of an old-fashioned Cupid’s heart.  That’s where my brain went to when I saw Ina Garten’s recipe for an oven-roasted applesauce flavored with fresh raspberries in her latest book, Cooking for Jeffrey.  Ina is famous–Read more