In Good Taste

Irony: Simple Cornbread Recipe

I love irony. I grew up in a small suburb in New Jersey where there wasn't very much history or culture. When you wanted history or culture you took a train for an hour in either direction and visited New York City or Philadelphia. However, there was a former dairy farm in our town that had a little bit of notoriety: in its heyday, it was the home of the Borden icon, Elsie the Cow.

As a child, my mother had visited the very farm on a field trip with her Long Island an elementary school. Thirty-five years later, she and my dad purchased a new house for our family in a  neighborhood that happened to be an up-and-coming homeowners association with almost four hundred properties -- on the same piece of land as the former Borden dairy, Walker Gordon Farm.

I imagine that when she was six, my mother wasn't thinking that one day, she would be married with two children and living on a quarter-acre plot of land on the former stomping grounds of Elsie the Cow.

Worknight Dinner Recipe: Warm Spinach Salad with Brown Rice & Feta

Earlier this week, I decided that I would start eating healthier. It isn't a "New Year's Resolution"  and I'm not "on a diet" but when possible, I'm making a commitment to myself to eat fresh whole foods, fruits and vegetables and drink plenty of water.

To help inspire you, I posted six recipes that anyone can cook (which for the most part are all figure-friendly). Then what do you know? But the next day all I can talk about is chocolate chip biscotti.

Big Ideas: Cheese Balls, Three Ways

Some people say that when they order food in restaurants their eyes are bigger than their stomachs. I have this tendency not in ordering when I'm out to eat but when I'm grocery shopping for a meal or party.

If I'm feeding three people, I typically make enough for six. If I'm feeding ten, I make enough to feed a small army - or at least a full flight from New York to Chicago (not that I've ever done that but don't think I haven't considered it faced with an upcoming trip and a surplus of baked goods).

A November to Remember...or Forget. And a Recipe Round-Up.

I sometimes describe myself as a person who is always "peeking over the fence." No matter what I've done, accomplished or earned, I always have my eye on the next step. The next promotion, the nicer apartment, the faster mile pace on the treadmill, the smaller dress size (um, or something).

Having just moved to a new apartment and lacking an internet connection, I haven't been able to keep up with blogging as much as I would have liked. I scheduled a few posts ahead of time but today, the well was dry. No photos, no blog-worthy recipes in the queue. So, using the sliver of signal I've managed to muster thanks to Comcast Bill I thought I'd do a new kind of post.

Thanksgiving Leftovers: Cranberry Cornmeal Quick Bread Recipe

On Thanksgiving I posted some ways to repurpose Thanksgiving leftovers on my page at Examiner.com. I shared a round-up of recipes that use Thanksgiving leftovers - from the turkey to the cranberry sauce to the excess of green beans brimming from your vegetable drawer.

What I haven't yet shared is a new recipe that I tried from Martha Stewart Living this year.  Since I was in first grade, I've made cranberry bread for Thanksgiving. For years, it was Pillsbury quick bread. Sometimes it was Thanksgiving breakfast, other times it was a side dish to the main meal, but it was a fixture on the fourth Thursday of November.