If you’ve spent any time on this blog, you know I love all things spud. I put potatoes in pastas. In soups and as soups. I put potatoes in dal. In the winter I mash, roast and fry them. Summertime—when you look for ways to avoid heating up the kitchen—poses a challenge for ... [Read More] [4 Comments. Please leave another.]
From-Scratch Caesar Salad Dressing Recipe
Chances are, your experience with Caesar salad dressing comes from a bottle or bistro. Is it the dressing’s raw egg that home cooks find daunting—or the scratch recipe's long list of odd ingredients? Or maybe the anchovy? Let me assuage your fears. One at a time. I ... [Read More] [10 Comments. Please leave another.]
Creamy Ricotta Pie Recipe
During Lent, the traditional period of fasting before Easter, several Copywriters' Kitchen family members gave up sugar. So naturally when the spring holiday liberated us from sugar privation, we wanted to indulge with as many rich sweets as possible. This Creamy Ricotta ... [Read More] [Leave a comment]
Crispy Oven-Fried Potatoes
You can whip up a plate of these crispy, spicy potatoes in 15 minutes flat. Perfect on a wintery Sunday afternoon with an ice-cold beer and the New York Times. We don't go out of our way to make "low-fat" food in the Copywriters' Kitchen. I'd rather have a bite of something ... [Read More] [6 Comments. Please leave another.]
Cocktail Hour at Copywriters’ Kitchen: Frozen Whiskey Sours and Savory Cheddar Wafers
It’s Friday afternoon. Let’s be civilized, unplug all electronic devices and sit down for a proper cocktail. I’m making frozen whiskey sours. They’re heavenly with the Savory Cheddar Wafers I just pulled from the oven. Relax. Monday morning you can get up an hour earlier ... [Read More] [6 Comments. Please leave another.]
