May 19, 2012

What’s your New Year’s food resolution for 2011?

After all the Christmas gorging, many of us put eating less cake or drinking less booze top of the New Year resolutions list – even though scientists have been telling us for years that detox diets are a waste of time and money. If you resolve to get healthy for 2011, do have a peek at the Food Standards Agency’s views on New Year food resolutions . But then again, what’s the point in setting a resolution you know you won’t fulfil?

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What’s your New Year’s food resolution for 2011?

How to play with your food

Why on earth would anyone in their right minds cook salmon in a dishwasher or fry an egg on a piece of paper ?

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How to play with your food

Baked Farro Pasta

I thought we’d close out the year with a hearty, rustic, warm-you-from-the-inside baked casserole. It’s a cold weather crowd-pleaser made of alternating layers of broken farro pasta, sliced potatoes, two cheeses, and mustardy shredded cabbage. The sort of thing you can prep a day or two ahead of time, then bake when convenient.

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Baked Farro Pasta

Cinnamon Buns

It was Saturday morning, and I’d become preoccupied with the idea that we should have cinnamon buns on Christmas morning. Homemade, hot from the oven, loaded with sugar and spice, golden, buttery cinnamon buns. The kind that snuggle together in a pan until you coax one out for yourself

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Cinnamon Buns

Recipes for Cookies and Bars

Gingerbread, brownies, salty chocolate chip cookies and additional recipes for sweets.

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Recipes for Cookies and Bars

Christmas Lima Bean Stew

A number of you emailed asking about the soup pictured at the top the recent favorites list. This one .

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Christmas Lima Bean Stew

Christmas Cookie Recipes

Hi everyone, happy happy holidays to you. Are you ready? I’m not.

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Christmas Cookie Recipes

Green Olive Gnocchi

Have any of you ever made a sauce from green olives? Me either.

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Green Olive Gnocchi

Carrot and Fennel Soup

Before I share the recipe for the soup I enjoyed for lunch today, I feel compelled to tell you something about myself. Here goes.

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Carrot and Fennel Soup

Recipes for Holiday Side Dishes

Roasted potatoes with figs and garlic, Brussels sprouts with bacon, and other dishes that threaten to upstage your turkey.

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Recipes for Holiday Side Dishes