Category Archives: kitchen tips Love it or hate it No matter your approach to it there is a constancy to the work of cooking. Even the simplest tasks require some degree of preparation, assembly, and cleanup. If you hate it the work is odious, if you love it can literally and figuratively feed you. Either way, most of us […]  You may not know it but there is probably a superhero in your pantry right now. I personally have about eight cans. And yes, they were bought before COVID 19 sent us all scrambling to fill our larders and shelter at home. I am no tuna hoarder! In truth, some of the cans were […]  My family isn’t Greek by heritage, though I would say I was raised in a house that embraced all things Grecian, from art and literature to cuisine. My mom used to read to us from D’Aulaires Book of Greek Myths, something that served me well as an art history major in college. Not only did we […]  Dumplings are one of those foods that appear across all cultures and the reason is that everyone loves dumplings. Dumplings come savory and sweet, stuffed and not. Your family might call them gnocchi, wontons, matzo balls, kreplach, kartoffelknoedel, and pierogi or one of hundred of other sobriquets. Though I grew up slurping Campbell’s chicken and dumpling soup, I […]  Three weeks into this alphabet project and I’ve been bested by the letter C. The C-section (I did toy with that as the title of the post) is very big and the one I recall my mom using most often. It includes Cake, Canadian cookery, candy, canning, casseroles, cheese, chicken, Chinese cookery, chocolate, chowder, cookies, […] |
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