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My mother made a pasta dish the other night that took everyone by surprise. My skinny-as-a-spatula 10-year old nephew who won’t eat anything, ate his serving with gusto and asked for more. My carb-avoiding sister couldn’t resist it. My father declared it a triumph. Later that night dad had my mom recount […]

Please welcome guest author pastry chef Shuna Fish Lydon of Eggbeater who shares with us the (almost) lost art of making butterscotch. ~Elise
When was the last time you tasted authentic butterscotch? Flavor, sauce, memory, aroma, era: butterscotch was an all but extinct, or out-of-date substance, and flavor until recently. Now it’s all the rage.
Wouldn’t […]

Many moons ago Dennis Kercher from The Hidden Kitchen shared with me his favorite grilled cheese sandwich - one with smoked salmon, Gruyere, and lemon confit made from preserved lemons. I finally got around to making this fabulous sandwich, but instead of using preserved lemons (most people don’t have those sitting around), I boiled […]

From the recipe archive in honor of the Easter weekend. (More Easter recipes) ~Elise
A reader of Simply Recipes recently left a comment on our Pavlova recipe with a recipe for what she calls “Easter Cookies” (called “Resurrection cookies” by another reader). The commenter, Linda, describes them as a meringue cookie with pecans that […]

Okay, pardon me in advance, but I think I’ve just had a Sandra Lee moment with this dish. Wait, the parsley is fresh from the garden, does that count? Let’s look at the ingredients - shrimp (best to get frozen and defrost yourself, unless you can get fresh, because most of what you […]

Have you ever attempted to make a souffl? and it just didn’t live up to your expectations? That’s when it pays to have friends who actually know what they are doing. After trying unsuccessfully to recreate a fabulous souffl? I enjoyed at a brunch given by chef, and fellow food blogger, Brett […]

Please welcome Simply Recipes guest author Garrett McCord who shares with us his favorite blondie recipe.
Blondies are often called brownies without chocolate which I find silly; blondies are a dessert with their own unique deliciousness and personality. Whereas brownies depend on chocolate for their flavor, for blondies it’s all about the brown sugar, giving the […]

Around ten years ago I took a vacation in Ireland, spending days driving in and around Western Ireland. I still have vivid memories of bright green hills, muddy bogs, sheep with the scariest eyes, massive downpours, happy raucous pubs, learning to sing Dona Nobis Pachem in round, the freshest cream imaginable, and heavenly Irish […]

“Have I got the best recipe for you!” my friend Tomas announced, upon his return from a trip to photograph vineyards in Italy. “It’s an Irish beef stew,” he added, “and it’s the best thing I’ve ever had.” Apparently the chef at one of the wineries Tom was visiting prepared this stew for […]

New England boiled dinner is a one pot dish consisting of corned beef, cabbage, carrots and potatoes. How this dish came to be from New England I have no idea; it seems to have more Irish-American roots with the corned beef and cabbage, and is a traditional Irish-American dish to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. […]