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What's for Dinner? v13.22: Cookies!
I love looking at Christmas cookie recipes and dream of having the counter space needed to roll out sugar cookie dough. This time of year every cooking blog I follow seems to have their seasonal...
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What’s For Dinner v.13.22: Holy Supper
My love affair with cooking is rooted in my Slovak and Russian heritage. My great grandparents emigrated through Ellis Island in the 1910s en route to the anthracite coal mines of northeastern...
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What's For Dinner? v13.23 - Sopa
As I’ve said before — when in doubt make soup. In any language.--—It’s not immediately obvious why an oil company would have its own publishing house. Ortho Books is part of Ortho which is the...
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What's For Dinner? v13.24: Quesadillas!
Sometimes I just don’t feel like cooking. Sure, there’s always take-out or delivery but that gets expensive and to be honest we’ve found that we make better pizza than the cheap local chain. So what...
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What’s for Dinner? v13.25: Mmmmanicotti!!
Yes- it’s another WFD diary, from the hallowed canon of Lydia Bastianich’s slooooooow food…There’s just no getting around the labor-intensive demands of this dish, but it’s well worth the effort (many...
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What's For Dinner? v13.29 - Party Food
The Super Bowl, happening a week from tomorrow, is one of America’s favorite reasons to party. This will be I think my 31st year of hosting friends for eating and drinking and TV watching. We’ve seen...
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What's for Dinner? v13.30: Spaghetti-O's!
Yes, this is another thrilling adventure in the kitchen where we are going to make a dish inspired by nostalgia but elevated. You know, kind of like grown-up versions of childhood favorites. My other...
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What’s For Dinner v. 13.31: Preserved Citrus
My white grapefruit harvest this year was more than I could possibly turn into juice and candied peel. Determined not to let the last 10 pounds of organic citrus go to waste, I turned to a technique I...
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What's For Dinner? v13.32 - Chicken and Sausage Gumbo
I’ll go ahead and lead with the song; you knew it was coming. I love songs about (buildings and) food, and this one is iconic.xxYouTube VideoI previously diaried my Super Bowl party appetizers; here...
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What's For Dinner? v13.33 - Olives in the Spotlight!
I was noting the other day how frequently we use olives as an ingredient. Is that something lots of people do? I don’t know. But I thought maybe people who like olives might enjoy these ways to use...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner?: v. 13.34 The Dregs Of My Cupboard
So, the shutdown. I received my February food stamps on Jan 18th thanks to someone quick on the uptake working for the Oregon state government. I was pretty successful stretching out my benefits until...
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What's For Dinner? v13.35 - Mulligatawny
Here I am again with soup. As the Mock-Turtle sang, “Soup of the evening! Beautiful Soup!”xxYouTube VideoI need a Bollywood version though: both these soups of Indian origin.MulligatawnyMulligatawny is...
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What's for Dinner? v13.22: What do you do with barley?
ninkasi23 and I were discussing ideas for my February diary, and came upon the fact that we both love barley. I have two recipes with barley that are big favorites, and so does she, so we decided to...
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner? v13.37: One Pot Meals!
Hello and welcome to our weekly table here at What’s for Dinner!Tonight’s diary was originally going to be written by my sweetie Mark Morgan but he is still dealing with a painful shoulder issue that...
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What's For Dinner? v13.38 - Baked Chicken
This dinner wasn’t planned as a diary, but it looked so good when it came out of the oven that I couldn’t resist taking a picture. Might as well write it up :) It’s not really a recipe, just a very...
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What’s For Dinner? V. 13.39: Adventures In Lacto Fermentation
What started as a one-off experiment to preserve my home grown grapefruit has evolved into a mild obsession with the ancient art of lacto-fermentation and delivered a fridge full of probiotic goodness....
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What's for Dinner? v13.40: Stuffed Peppers!
This is a quick diary as I just realized the diarist originally scheduled may not be able to post one. So, I was looking at the recent meals and pics I have on hand to get something up and decided to...
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What's For Dinner? v13.41 - Subscription Packages
brochures from the first 4 packagesYou can get subscription deals on all kinds of products lately, and my holiday present last year from the consultancy I work with is a one-year subscription to a...
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Hello folks. My mind is definitely slipping. I'd like to thank ninkasi23 for reminding me I'd signed up for tonight’s What’s for Dinner column. I’m sorry it’s late in being published.Tonight was...
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What's for Dinner? v13.43: A Springtime Green Pizza and Frittata
After a very wet March and April it is a beautiful May here in Southern Oregon! Things are springing to life and my appetite is turning towards lighter and fresher things.I’ve made this pizza before...
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