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Chicken Marsala
One of the best family stories I have (and it will somehow segue into a Chicken Marsala recipe) involves my dad emigrating to the U.S. from Naples, Italy. I called him to verify this, but he told me it...
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T.J.’s Butternut Squash and Ravioli with Béchamel Sauce
This seemingly over-indulgent and altogether gorgeous dish will beguile you. You might think that you can’t possibly eat this without guilt. Believe it or not, this dish, with shaved cinnamon-crusted...
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Curried Chicken Salad
I write this post with only one graduation ceremony in front of me before a few months o’ summer break. In truth, one of the reasons that I know that I love my job is that I will miss the classes that...
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Pesto Pizza
The other day, I bought a pre-made sourdough pizza crust with the intention of having an easy meal option during my hectic summer break. Puttering between playing Candy Crush Saga, harvesting my crops...
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Chipotle Spanish Rice
Chipotle peppers have made quite a name for themselves over the last few decades or so. The eponymous restaurant chain has obviously spread the name a bit, but even before it, these little smokey...
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Walnut Gorgonzola Fettuccine
Things I’ve learned upon turning into a 40 year-old man 1. If you have children, everything you did as a child comes back to haunt you amplified times 7. 2. There is no shame in spending a good...
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Italian Green Beans
I often find myself paging through my memory for a “good” side dish to whatever I’m making that evening. As Ina Garten has said many times in effect, you have to figure out what the “star” of any...
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Toad in the Hole
I’m an Anglo- and Hiberno-phile (a lover of things English and Irish, that is). I’ve been to Ireland twice and I have seen Toad in the Hole on a few pub menus, but I never ordered it. For whatever...
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T.J.’s Artichoke Ravioli in a Toasted Bread Crumb and Butter Sauce
In his book Heat, Bill Buford chronicles his adventures as an amateur slave cook for Mario Batali, and his immersion into the professional cooking world. Amongst the people he mentions in the novel is...
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Israeli Couscous with Apples, Mint, and Feta
Sometimes, I admit, I take it upon myself to right the wrongs of this world. In many ways, I’m surprised that I haven’t gotten the shit kicked out of me at some point in the last 30 years. I’d like to...
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