Kiss the cook

Enjoying more fresh greens

 


Summer fare

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Broccoli Rabe (Rapini) found at the Urbana Farmer's Market

I've been looking for Broccoli Rabe in the local stores for a while without much luck.  Broccoli Rabe is also known as Rapini.  I often


Queen for the day - Mother's Day Saturday

I can count on John to cook dinner two times each year ...


Saturday night - drink that bottle, 2005 Charles Wetmore Cab

If you're paying any attention to this blog, you can tell by now that we've got a small wine reserve.  We use an app called CellarTracker to record our 'cellar' wines.  We buy 'value' wines, that is bottles costing less than $20 and a few now and then that cost


Pantry Dinner - Carbonara

My kids will tell you if you ask them that our refrigerator is as full as it ever was even when we had all four of them living at home.  While I try to plan, shop and buy for a week or two at a time, I accumulate a build up of this and that, especially in the refrigerator.  


Drink that bottle night - 2002 Paoletti Merlot

Paoletti Vineyards was probably the most interesting winery we toured on our trip to Napa in 2009.  We usually don't choose Merlot, but really liked this one and brought some home.  Tonight we remembered how much!


St. Paddy's Beef Stew with stout

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New cookbook - Two one dish dinners from Cuisine at Home

I've had such great success with Cuisine at Home magazine and cookbooks that I can hardly resist picking up one of their new cookbooks.  Recently, I found their latest 'One-Dish Dinners' at Sam's and picked it up.  That


Common cooking mistakes

 


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