Off Topic: Grilled Spicy Lime Chicken with Black Bean and Avocado Salad
Ok, you are seriously going to love me for this one. Get ready to name your next child Kate. (You could even name your next dog Kate. I won’t be offended). This is absolutely scrumptious and easy and efficient (you don’t hear that word describing a recipe often, do…
Off Topic: Spring Vegetable Pasta
Spring. In Chicago. Sigh. Some people say we don’t really have spring here. Just a bitter arm-wresting match between winter and summer. On days like last Sunday, when it reached 85, summer seems just about to push winter’s fist into the table. Today, April 18th…
Perfect One-Dish Dinners: Chicken Biryani American-Style
I originally tagged this post as “Indian” but when I searched for “biryani” on Wikipedia I realized that calling it Indian is about as accurate as calling rice Chinese. Biryani has been adapted by many countries and all the variations sound delicious (although I’d…
The Essential New York Times Cookbook: Spicy, Garlicky Cashew Chicken
I’m going to need you to go out and make this immediately. And while you’re at it, you might as well corner the market on cashews because this could become your go-to dish of the summer. I mean, think about it: your smearing chicken with cashews. It doesn’t get much…
The Essential New York Times Cookbook: Italian Roast Potatoes
Nice, right? I think I just invented potato porn. Not to stereotype myself but I am, in fact, Irish and I do, undoubtedly, love potatoes in all forms. I think real mashed potatoes were the first thing I ever learned to make. Even my mother, who has made not cooking…