When I found a fantastic deal on sea scallops, I used what I had in the pantry to make this very simply prepared dish. My original intention was to combine the scallops and the pasta, but I didn’t because of my husband’s milk allergy.  He ended up eating the pasta anyway though 🙂  Next time, […]

My maternal grandmother died when I was 9 years old…she was 84. Despite the fact that she was known by family and friends as one of the best cooks and she lived down the street from us at the time, I can’t say I remember her cooking that much. One thing I do remember is […]

Don’t you just love the versatility of pork tenderloin? It can be cooked so many ways with so many flavors and so quickly that I often wonder why I don’t fix it more often. Although it is not the cheapest cut of meat, it can often be found on sale. It freezes well and usually […]

I had it all planned out. I would roast a boneless leg of lamb stuffed with a herb mixture for an Easter treat. My husband would be grateful to have something other than ham (which he does not really like) and there would be leftovers galore. I had to search for the recipe I wanted […]

We had just placed our orders when I saw it on the menu, pizza burger.   I was determined to get one the next time we went. In the meantime, I kept on thinking about those greasy, yet delicious pizza burgers of my past.  The small, local, soft-serve ice cream drive-up where we bought many of […]

There is a recipe in my newly acquired (but actually very old) cookbook, The Fannie Merritt Farmer Boston Cooking School Cookbook for Zucchini Stuffed with Lamb. It is a very brief recipe that leaves the seasoning details up to the reader. Taking inspiration (and the three ingredients mentioned) from the recipe, I developed my own. […]

A small splurge every once in a great while can sometimes be good for the soul – or at least that is what I told myself in the grocery store the other day. I was buying items to have a beef tenderloin steaks for dinner the next day. My extravagance was not the beef tenderloin […]

One of my mother-in-law’s classic dishes is her veal and peppers. I usually do not make it because of the price of veal. However, it can be made using beef or chicken instead. I decided to go for it and make it with veal as a comforting treat for my husband after he was very […]

Moist and tender were hardly words you would have used to describe the pork chops I used to make.  In fact, more accurate descriptors would have been dry, chewy, and flavorless.  The only way I used to cook edible pork chops was to bake them on top of a dish of sauerkraut or smothered in […]