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Italian Sausage and Mushroom Ragu with Pappardelle

by Kate | Nov 3, 2018 | Featured, Milk Street Kitchen | 3 Comments

At first glance there is nothing new about this sauce from Milk Street Kitchen. Heat fat, saute aromatics, add veggies, deglaze, add some other stuff, simmer while the pasta boils. And yet. I don't know if it's the cinnamon, or the way the flavors are...

Artichoke and Spinach Relish with Walnuts

by Kate | December 17, 2022 | Featured, Original Recipes | 0 Comments

Friends, if you've ever lost a recipe you truly loved you will understand my excitement today. For I have recovered two of my favorite appetizer recipes thanks to other bloggers (and some dodgy sites that may now be harvesting my data or something idk). These were...

Pasta al Pomodoro

by Kate | August 29, 2022 | Featured | 0 Comments

Hope you are all enjoying a safe and happy Tomato Season. For many of us, it's a celebratory time; a time to consume tomatoes every way we can imagine: BLTs, bruschetta, panzanella, galettes, caprese salads, tomato tarts, gazpacho... And fresh tomato sauce....

Blueberry Cream Pie

by Kate | July 22, 2022 | Featured | 1 Comment

Get a load of this stunner. If summer were a pie... The blueberry flavor is optimized and heightened by combining whole berries with a blueberry puree and finished with a touch of lemon. All poured into a graham cracker crust and topped with a heavenly alloy of...

Cherry Pie

by Kate | July 6, 2021 | Featured, The Hoosier Mama Book of Pies | 0 Comments

Cherry pie is my favorite pie I don't even have to think about it. Last week I managed to hit the farmer's market at the exact right moment to get the tart cherries I needed for this recipe and therefore achieved pie nirvana and am now deceased. I did not grow up...

Blueberry Biscuits

by Kate | July 3, 2021 | Featured | 38 Comments

I was intrigued by this recipe when it took a certainly nonconsensual ride on the social media rollercoaster on a facebook cooking group I belong to. It went like this: popular>wildly popular>backlash ("would people PLEASE stop posting about these biscuits!" and...

Pork, Fennel, and Lemon Ragu with Pappardelle

by Kate | March 31, 2021 | Featured | 5 Comments

Sometimes you make a dish so sublime and so chef-y that you ask yourself "do I ever need to eat out again?" This is certainly that dish. Close your eyes and you could be in any high-end, trendy-neighborhood hotspot. You know the place. It doesn't have a drink menu it...

Cornmeal Lime Shortbread Fans

by Kate | December 11, 2020 | Featured | 0 Comments

Recipe first, blah, blah, blah later. God I'm already so tired of sweets and it's only December 11th. But we must persevere. There are so many cookies, candies and pies to eat before we're done. This recipe was part of a brilliant article by the brilliant...

Classic Martini

by Kate | September 8, 2020 | Featured | 3 Comments

I know everyone is joking about how much drinking is going on right now. Oh, were you waiting for a "but..." and then something witty? Something Nick-and-Nora-Charles-ish? No time for that because I need to talk about my new hobby: the Classic Martini. It's taken me a...

French Summer Sandwiches with Zucchini and Olive Tapenade

by Kate | July 20, 2020 | Cook's Illustrated magazine, Featured | 0 Comments

I'm going to assume we've all had it up to our masks hearing about Covid cooking. Sourdough starter, banana bread, air-frying, everyone's done it, blogged about it, made a Tik-Tok, and written a New York Times think piece. Whatever you're going to get out of this...

(David) Hasselback Challah French Toast

by Kate | January 13, 2020 | Featured | 0 Comments

My book group meets on Sunday mornings and brunch is typically served, so when it's my turn I'm always looking for something that can be made ahead and is, of course, worthy of the fine women who attend. With a small amount of effort this dish from our friends at Real...

Sara Foster’s Southern Kitchen: Summer Squash Casserole

by Kate | Sep 20, 2011 | Sara Foster's Southern Kitchen | 0 Comments

This recipe does not need me to sing its praises. It's got cheese, bacon, eggs, mayonnaise and breadcrumbs to do that. Yes, it's as good as it sounds. You will want to be alone with it in a dim room and a big spoon. Even though the word...

Sara Foster’s Southern Kitchen: Spicy Pepper Jelly-Marinated Grilled Pork Tenderloin

by Kate | Sep 14, 2011 | Sara Foster's Southern Kitchen | 3 Comments

I have made many recipes like this one. You marinate a pork tenderloin, apply some type of wonderful glaze and grill it, re-applying the glaze as it cooks. And this one didn't fare any better than any of those. The problem being that none of this imparts much...

Sara Foster’s Southern Kitchen: Buttermilk Strawberry Jam Cake

by Kate | Sep 9, 2011 | Sara Foster's Southern Kitchen | 0 Comments

I know what you're thinking: "Kate, you idiot, why didn't you put some blueberries on top of this along with the strawberries since you made it over the 4th of July weekend?!?!?" That's what I think when I look at this picture. This was an incredibly delicious cake...

Sara Foster’s Southern Kitchen: Grilled Peach Salad with Shaved Country Ham and Summer Herbs

by Kate | Sep 7, 2011 | Sara Foster's Southern Kitchen | 1 Comment

My problem with this salad can probably best be summed up in one shocking statement: I don't actually like peaches. I hate to be the world's biggest party-pooper, and right in the midst of High Peach Season, and I know you will say that I have probably never had a...

Sara Foster’s Southern Kitchen: Kate’s Sweet Potato Refrigerator Rolls

by Kate | Sep 5, 2011 | Sara Foster's Southern Kitchen | 1 Comment

How could I not make something with my name literally written all over it. These rolls were such a huge hit at my house. The recipe makes quite a few so we froze some but even those did not last long. I thought they could have benefited from just a tad...

Potato Gnocchi

by Kate | Sep 1, 2011 | Cook's Illustrated magazine | 3 Comments

I need to buy a ricer. Because I hate my food mill and I am going to want to make gnocchi more often. This is from the September/October issue of Cook's Illustrated. I did not use one of the yummy-sounding sauces because I've always wanted to try Marcella...

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