dinner

  • A Couple Fun Recipes

    When I put on the apron I am truly at the mercy of the cookbook. I’m no chef, but I can follow a recipe reasonably well and I do enjoy the process. Here are a few recipes that helped me keep dinner at home and made me look good.  Spaghetti alla Carbonara – The New Best Recipe (p. 251-252). Gotta’… Continue reading

  • So what’s for dinner tonight?!

    I must admit that I’m a bit of a foodie – I love food, enjoy cooking, trying out new and exciting recipes and putting my own signature spin to some classic dishes. And I love watching reality TV cooking competition shows like Top Chef, Hell’s Kitchen and Iron Chef: America. I’ve always thought that I’d… Continue reading

  • Cooking with Gas

    These are not your everyday cookbooks. When you’re tired of the same old thing for dinner, try one of these unconventional possibilities. Kafka’s Soup: a complete history of world literature in 14 recipes by Mark Crick. This guy is smart!  Food + fiction = satisfaction. Raymond Chandler cooks lamb with dill sauce; “before I knew… Continue reading