Mac & Cheese has always been my #1 comfort food. It was also one of the first dishes I learned how to make as a kid. My Mom diligently walked me through all the steps in making a perfect béchamel sauce only to joyfully smother it in heaps of melty cheese. This was the method…
Tag: Recipes
Gingerbread
I was not able to get my gingerbread fix over Christmas due to the dozens of cookies still hanging around, so I made sure to ring in of the New Year with this seasonal treat. For me a good gingerbread needs to be moist, heavily spiced, and served with a contrasting set of flavors to…
Philly Cheese Steaks
The occasional Philly Cheese Steak is one of the things that I sometimes miss about living in the mid-Atlantic region. The one time I had the gall to order one in a Vermont establishment it came served up on a French baguette topped in sharp cheddar cheese – tasty, but not what I would call…
Stollen
My Mother used to make stollen every year for Christmas. She readily employed a small army (her children) to undergo the labor intensive kneading process. We – gullible, young, and naive – would have a blast stretching, plopping, and mushing the dough around. This year I tried out a new stollen recipe adapted from Visions of…
The Ephemeral Bee 