The first months after moving from NYC to Boulder, I was trying to get my bearings. A friend invited me to an informal local mountaineering group’s potluck. I looked online and stumbled across Giada De Laurentiis’ vegetarian bolognese recipe. So I got to work, hoping my offering would go over well. Maybe they’d let me join.
Read MoreWho prepares homemade pasta one weekend because it sounds like fun? Someone who received a stand mixer pasta roller attachment as a lovely gift and needs success in the kitchen after weeks of meh experimental dishes and bread baking disasters.
Watching the questionable pasta dough hunk crawl up the hook and nearly jump out of the bowl started giving me second thoughts. Freaking dough. Again.
Read MoreMarie couldn’t have known that she created a monster on New Year’s Eve. Four of us gathered in Estes Park, Colorado, to ring in the new year at a cozy rental cabin — Marie, Daniel, Guillaume, and me. Marie and Dan took charge of the food and drinks. After a course of assorted cheeses and charcuterie on hearty bread squares, Marie presented us with a shrimp, mango, and avocado salad tossed in a lemony dressing. It was delicious. Dangerously so.
Read MoreI used to get angry at recipes that called for a stand mixer, mumbling some expletives before turning off my phone. It seemed like only newlyweds and professional bakers got to have these magic machines. Then Black Friday rolled around.
Read MoreThis adventure starts with a mysterious memory. Recently a friend gave us a free trial of a meal kit delivery service. More curious than committed, we cooked several dishes for two from the box. One of them involved Korean rice cakes.
Read More“Opa!” The unspoken rule at the annual Greek festival here is that someone shouts this every few minutes and the rest of the attendees answer in kind. Although the meaning remains fairly imprecise — “yay!” or “woooo!” or some other affirmative exclamation — I’ve found that “opa!” becomes the perfect thing to yell when setting alcohol-drenched fried cheese on fire.
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