Live Qualitarian: Eat Well
a) Pasta, chili & cheddar and b)Asparagus, mozzarella, lemon Recipe for Mac & Cheese with Mushrooms & Green Chili Preheat oven to 350F Put on a large pot to boil When boiling add 1/2 lb of pasta Time for 10 minutes While waiting for pasta, sauté mushrooms, garlic (and any
Reading a story about thin Midwestern pizza in the New York Times food section by J. Kenji-Lopez-Alt, I began to think about all my favorite pizzas, and front of mind was my hometown go-to: the LaCasa pizza of my childhood in Omaha, Nebraska. LaCasa’s is the crust that is thin,
Cheese – grated Guyère – will melt into a creamy sauce to surround a mound of great noodles and easily become the comfort food staple Mac ‘n Cheese. Simply boil the noodles for about 10 minutes until they are slightly less than perfectly done. You can use the pan you’ll
A favorite cookie for Christmas is the chocolate in chocolate cookie I attribute to Dorie Greenspan, and have seen printed in the New York Times. Her desserts and French recipes are usually great, and this one is perfect. I make a large batch, roll into three logs and store in
Birthday Cake made for a friend Pat said her Kindle got her through the pandemic and so it was the decor of this sheet cake made for a summer evening, outdoor birthday party, and served with Lemon Olive Oil Ice Cream. Moist like a carrot cake, red like a red
Three kinds of Colorado grown, locally milled flour have tempted us to make a pure whole-wheat bread, something as beautiful as the bread on the cover of the book we’d just gifted ourselves – Tartine by Chad Robertson, a bread baker from San Francisco.We start an experiment: three levains –
Finger Food is Bread I’m buying the idea that this bread could be an hors d’oevres, like homemade potato chips we were offered as a passed around appetizer on the first trip we made to France as snow sculptors. I was a mere translator, not an artist, but all of
Baking during a pandemic has become less about getting the job done with speed and ease, but with making something beautiful. The idea of standing apple slices on their sides, I think came from the New York Times Food section, makes color shine while leaving the nutrient rich peels on
Not From a Sack of Tortillas Steuart made a coarse cornmeal, flour and water mixture that turned into something like a corn tortilla you could buy in the grocery store. His tortillas that he used as a base for vegetables and as a nice lice were: mostly corn, round, thin