Tiny Test Kitchen

As I mentioned in my Smoked Gouda Gougéres recipe, the tiny test kitchen has moved. The hubs and I recently moved from dumbo in Brooklyn to Williamsburg just up the river. While we love, love, loved dumbo, we were sometimes frustrated by the lack of culinary diversity in the area (although if we could have […]

After yesterday’s disturbingly healthy soup (except for the generous heap of Jack cheese I add to each bowl), I bet you were all hoping for a delicious gooey cream cake or a buttery pastry. Sorry to disappoint. You’ll have to wait until the next post for a sugary treat! But this recipe is also amazingly […]

This dish combines many of my great loves and it is perfect for this time of year. The tables at the farmers’ markets are bowing under the weight of the overflowing piles of tomato varietals and the scent of basil lingers lazily in the air. The bunches of basil are huge at the moment and […]

Last week when the hubby and I were eating our lamb chops right before I began to grill them I decided something was missing from the meal. We were having Homity Pie, asparagus and these beautiful boneless lamb loin chops but I wanted some sort of sauce or gravy on the plate. Without wanting to […]

After last week’s Barbecue Chicken Thighs this recipe may be the second easiest recipe I have posted on this site. I almost feel guilty for posting them both together. The only reasons that I do not are firstly I know how little I want to be standing in front of a hot stove in the […]

Celery gets a bad rep. For some reason people think of it as more of a weight loss tool than a vegetable in it’s own right. Everyone has heard the rumor that chewing and digesting celery burns more calories than you take in from it, or is that just my all-girls school education? While that […]

These tarts are one of my go-to’s. I always have puff pastry in the freezer; it has so many uses that it is always best to keep it on hand (lids of pies and stews, the base for this tart, palmiers, even cutting it into strips and sprinkling with a little sugar and cinnamon makes […]

Adding these onions, caramelized slowly with garlic and thyme and a splash of white wine, with melting goat cheese to basic crepes takes them completely out of breakfast and into a sophisticated dinner realm. The addition of wine also makes this a more adult tasting meal. When I make these caramelized onions I serve them […]

So this morning I woke up to one of New York’s daily options for spring… During this precarious season, there is always a high probability that it will be miserably overcast, frightfully damp and cold with a good chance of drizzling rain. Every day like this makes me feels as though summer is months away. […]

For some reason on Monday evenings I hit a wall when it comes to cooking. I just cannot fathom how exactly I am going to cook wholesome, interesting meals for the next five days until the weekend rolls around again. That is why I am thankful I have meals like this one in my back […]