BAR COOKIES: Chocolate Chip Cookie Squares; Best Brownies; M&M Blondies; Coconut & Brown Sugar Shortbread There is something so classic about these crumb squares. Perhaps it’s that they are made entirely of “crumble,” that buttery mix so sought over in slices of coffee cake or apple crisp. See, unlike in those confections, in these the […]
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Recipe Flash: Homemade Ginger Ale
Other Homemade Drinks: Lemonade, Spiked or Sober; Iced Chai Tea Latte I didn’t grow up with many processed foods. My mother rarely brought me to the actual supermarket, and, when she did, it was one big tease. Head down, I would walk by the Gushers and the Oreos and the Dunkeroos–the staples of my friends’ […]
Recipe Flash: Seared Chicken with Cherry Tomato Pan Sauce
OTHER GREAT RECIPES TO MAKE WITH AUGUST TOMATOES: Creamy Gazpacho, Tomato Jam, Cacik, Summer Scallops with Sweet Corn and Tomato Succotash, Grandpa Potato Salad, Tomato and Dinner Roll Panzanella I talk a lot about my fruit phobia. Probably too much. But I’m going to indulge again right now. The thing is, I used to be […]
Recipe Flash: Smashed New Potatoes with Peas, Parlsey, and Chives
Other BGSK Potato Salads: Warm Blue Potato and Green Onion Salad; Sarah’s Herbed Potato Salad; Grandpa Potato Salad Last Labor Day, I shared the recipe for my mother’s herbed potato salad. If you’re looking for a classic BBQ side, it doesn’t get any better. But it’s also a lot of work. Since I think about […]
Recipe Flash: Fresh Corn Salsa
Other Great Taco Condiments: Peach Salsa; Guacamole; Vegetable-Mint Salsa; Cooked Tomato Salsa; Chipotle Mango Salsa. I think that as the summer wears on, we all become corn snobs. Around here, we start to see the first local ears just after July 4th, and it’s pretty exciting to make the switch from frozen corn–which we find useful […]
Recipe Flash: Smoky Barbecued Ribs
OTHER BBQ MAINS: Cheddar Cheese Burgers with Charred Red Onions; Carne Asada; Chermoula Lamb Chops Though ribs would seem to sit squarely in the domain of the Grill Master, not the Small Kitchen Dweller, they make a great dish to bring to a barbecue. Here’s why. Ninety-five percent of the work is done completely in […]
Cherry Cornmeal Cake
You know that feeling when you have shelves of cookbooks, piles of food mags, and oodles of bookmarks to blogs, and you remember a recipe and then, for the life of you, you cannot find it, no matter how many times you scroll through your masses of cookbooks, mags, and bookmarks? Welcome to the Blueberry […]
Recipe Flash: Austrian Breakfast Tacos with Spicy Sauerkraut and Summer Sausage
Check out some of these other BGSK tacos: Chicken and Chorizo Tacos, Seared Salmon Tacos, and Mini Pulled Pork Tacos When we were out in LA, Cara and I spent a lot of time trolling the food truck scene. Probably too much time. But with so many choices, how can you eat it all in […]
Recipe Flash: Old Bay Cod Cakes with Pickled Radishes
Trust me, after nearly three years of doing this, we know how to win your heart. Whether it’s pancakes, beer and beef, or lotus blondies, we’ve found a way to appeal to the people in our lives with the creations of our kitchens. But if you want to win my heart, here is what you […]
Recipe Flash: Nutty Quinoa Cakes with Basil and Parmesan
Don’t forget to enter the Small Kitchen College Brown Bag Challenge for a chance to win some great BuiltNY prizes! In honor of the SKC Brown Bag Week, we’ll be featuring our favorite portable lunch items all week long! Since becoming officially gluten-free, I’ve been pretty much living on quinoa. I keep a tub of […]