Exciting news for Dirty Laundry Kitchen, aside from this fabulous recipe for Deep Caramel Truffles with Sea Salt! My sister is the head winemaker at MacRostie Winery and Vineyards in California and we are teaming up to bring you a recipe and wine pairing now and again. Heidi and I will cook and wine taste […]
Continue readingI roasted a lot of beets in January. And I still have some hanging around. This was intentional. One strategy that makes home cooking more relaxing in the long run is to prepare several recipes that require an overlapping labor intensive ingredient. So rather than roasting beets every week, I roasted a large quantity of […]
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I love artichokes. A lot. But I do not make them often because Marc despises them. We’re talking mortal enemies. He can sense from two days out if I steamed an artichoke while he was away for the weekend, so clearly, I only serve this Artichoke and Preserved Lemon Soup when he’s not around. The […]
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Making bread is always an adventure. And this recipe has tripped me up in the past. It’s a good reminder to read all recipes carefully well in advance of cooking them. First of all, I didn’t bother to read the recipe more than a day ahead. This is a major error when baking. Some recipes […]
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I realize that a recipe for pulled pork is a kitchen version of an oxymoron. But I tried to write mine down in a way that will give you the confidence to pull off the sort of clean-out-the-fridge improvisation that makes the best pulled pork. While bbq sauce varies region to region, all over the […]
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This Buffalo Chicken Dip should probably be categorized as an illegal substance. While in general, I plan to share mostly my personal recipes, I can’t take credit for this one. Nor can I ignore it if I’m responsibly posting a Super Bowl Party menu. I mean, this Buffalo Chicken Dip is really, really good. My childhood friend […]
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For me, a Super Bowl means football. Football means the Packers. Packers mean Wisconsin. Wisconsin means sour cherries. This is quite the causal chain, huh? If you followed me this far, you’ll probably agree that the obvious dessert for a Super Bowl Party is Door County Cherry Oatmeal Cookies. I can’t really claim credit for […]
Continue readingGuess what I asked of my sister for a Christmas present? If you said “golden beets,” I’m shocked but you’re right. They can be hard to get here in Philly, for no apparent reason. I prefer them to red beets; they taste more earthy to me and a little less sweet. Since she brought me […]
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Whenever I get that scratchy throat- stuffy head feeling, I want two things: really expensive orange juice and homemade Feel Better Chicken Noodle Soup. I trek to the store in a ridiculous outfit and seek out a chicken. Usually, when I make soups it’s about finishing off the dregs of the veggie drawer but I’m […]
Continue readingLast year, I didn’t eat meat or drink alcohol (unless I was at Blue Hill in New York since I made the reservation in November) for the month of January. This wasn’t a resolution so much as a staving off death measure. For whatever reason, December 2011 was so wet it required a Dryuary. Fortunately, […]
Continue readingI really love citrus in the winter when it’s at its peak. Fortunately, my dear friend Elena and her mother try to keep me in citrus in the winter. I already have been gifted a big bag of limes and more recently some Meyer lemons, which her mom ships to us in Philly from her […]
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I’m not sure whether she or I coined the term, but my sister-in-law, Liza, is an infamous assemblage cook. While I don’t always (or even often) practice assemblage cooking, it’s an important weapon in any culinary arsenal. Assemblage cooking, or assembling as Liza calls it, is the category of cooking devoted to keeping a variety […]
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