Creamy Pappardelle with Leeks and Bacon
Oh just go make it, you know you want to. It’s from the February 2013 Bon Appetit and right here on Epicurious. What are you waiting for?
Hearty Spanish-Style Lentil and Chorizo Soup
What is it with the Spanish food lately? Must be the weather. Because it’s officially cold outside. Here in Chicago we’ve had some freakishly mild weather and a disconcerting lack of snow. Until this past week when we got those character-building below-zero wind…
Cook’s Country: Spanish Chicken Cutlets with Yogurt Sauce
This was so good despite the fact that I temporarily lost my mind and mistakenly used chicken breast halves instead of cutlets. What’s the difference? Well, a lot of cooking time, for one. Basically, a cutlet is a breast half cut in half, horizontally, making two…
The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook: Wild Rice Gratin with Kale, Caramelized Onions, and Baby Swiss
Another incredibly good, deeply satisfying vegetarian main dish from Deb. You could absolutely use regular rice, brown rice, bulgur, quinoa, whatever you have five cooked cups of on hand but I really like the wild rice part of this. I think because I so seldom make…
Cook’s Illustrated: Glazed Maple-Pecan Oatmeal Scones
Readers, I have to disabuse of something right now: living at my house is not like an endless and much less disturbing visit to the Wonka factory. Yes, wonderful things are made regularly BUT, more often than not, they are carried out the door to work or a party or…