Growing up we had a terrific restaurant in town called The Saratoga Trunk. They had pastas, salads, steaks, and some seafood, but in my mind the real standouts were the burgers. The menu itself wasn’t huge, and I don’t know how many burgers were on the menu, but it...
Drip beef, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love the way I can fling a measly few ingredients into the slow cooker and then wander off, oblivious. I love the way you cook yourself--with absolutely no help from me--for hours and hours on end. I love the way...
This is the spaghetti I grew up on. Trust me, it’s comfort food at its very finest. I’ve cooked it for my family forever, and my youngest daughter will eat no other without complaint. She even asked me to tell you all that this is the best spaghetti ever, and she personally cannot possibly eat spaghetti anywhere but home without significant disappointment. It’s not your typical spaghetti, and she’s made more than a few converts over the years by dragging home friends when she knew it was on the menu.
I love to make Meatballs in Burgundy Mushroom Sauce. You can get so much of that rich bourguignon flavor without the time commitment. We love them and I can have this on the table inside an hour. Mostly I serve these meatballs over mashed potatoes, but if I’m too lazy to peel potatoes, we may have them over egg noodles. Or I might even ladle up a bowlful of meatballs with a big toasty hunk of commercial sourdough bread to sop up the sauce.
Just in case you’re still wondering what to cook for Christmas brunch, here’s a suggestion: Grillades and grits. (That’s GREE-yahds and gritz, in case you needed to know.) This has been the standard Christmas brunch main dish at my house for years now, and for good...
The holidays are done and--with the exception of a few crumbs left in a few stray cookie tins--holiday feasting is done, too. And not a moment too soon! I don’t know about you, but right now all I want is actual, unfussy, non-rich, comfortable, regular,...
As I’m sure you already know, we coastal types are many things, none of which is truly lazy. Even during the height of the summer heat when we’re not noticeably working, just look how busy we are: we have to check the Weather Channel every few hours, we need to...
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