Beef and Barley Stew with Mushrooms
February 4, 2012
Although the days are getting longer, the sun just beginning to ride a little higher in the sky, the nights are still bone-chilling. Honestly, I never look forward to winter. But when I’m smack in the middle of it, I do appreciate its comfortswarm clothes, thick blankets, an excuse to us…
Caramelized Onion Dip
February 2, 2012
I’ve always been a fan of onion dip, have you? particularly with ruffled potato chips. Most of the flavor in the onion dip with which many of us are familiar comes from a package of dried onion soup, which works whether you have only 2 minutes to put together a dip. But whether you are …
Cheesy Jalapeño Pull Bread
February 1, 2012
Meandering along the Net highway one day I happened upon several recipes for what looked like a hedgehog made of bread, stuffed with melted cheese and bacon. Brilliant! A lot like cheesy bread but more fun. I thought I would do my own version with jack and jalapeños. Yum! It’s like a bre…
Sweet and Spicy Mushroom Stir Fry
January 30, 2012
Please welcome guest author Garrett McCord as he shares a lip-smacking recipe for mushroom stir-fry he recreated from one he enjoyed in China. ~Elise
During a recent trip through China I ate a lot of life changing food. Sichuan stir-fried duck tongues, homemade noodles in beef sauce, spic…
Jerusalem Artichoke Soup
January 29, 2012
When I was a kid, my mother often used to add sliced raw jerusalem artichokes to our salads. I have no concept why. She doesn’t do it any more, and hasn’t for years. At the day I just thought they were weird looking and didn’t taste like much. Nothing at all like the real artichokes tha…
Glazed Oxtails
January 26, 2012
“Now that is how oxtails should taste,” my father declared after taking a bite of these glazed oxtails. I couldn’t agree more. We have a thing for oxtails in our family. Oxtail stew was a favorite winter dish my mom prepared when we were growing up. whether you are unfamiliar with oxtai…
Blanched Cabbage with Butter and Caraway
January 23, 2012
Gobsmacked. I thought I was pretty well versed in what one could do with cabbage, addicted to the stuff as I am. Whether it’s braised, in stewed, stuffed, boiled, or made into coleslaw, we eat cabbage in every which way around here. But that my friends, that has to be the easiest way to…
Veal Goulash with Sauerkraut
January 20, 2012
Years ago in Manhattan, there was a rather famous German restaurant by the name of Luchow’s. It was established in 1882 and operated continuously for a hundred years, finally shutting down in 1984. In its heyday Luchow’s was well known as a hang out for musicians and entertainers such as…
Garlic Knots
January 19, 2012
“Got knots?” Simply Recipes contributor Hank Shaw does, and boy are they good. Enjoy! ~Elise
When I was a kid growing up in New Jersey, one of my absolute favorite after-school treats would be to walk by to Ferraro’s, dig through my pockets for loose change and buy some garlic knots ga…
Slow Roasted Pork Shoulder with Savory Apple Gravy
January 17, 2012
Updated. First posted in 2005.
Now here’s a good one for a cold winter day. Talk about melt-in-your-mouth delicious! A hefty pork shoulder is slathered with a rub of fennel seeds, pepper, thyme, rosemary, and garlic and set to marinate for a day or two in the fridge. It is next nestled i…