Breakfast Ideas
Eggs
Deep Dish Lox and Cream Cheese Breakfast Pizza
Lobster and Goat Cheese Omelet
Salmon Omelet with Homemade Feta and Chives
Thai-ish Scrambled Egg Breakfast Pizza
Pancakes and Doughnuts
Bacon Pancake Bites, Maple Syrup Optional
Banana Pumpkin Pancakes with Pear Caramel Sauce
Cranberry Orange Walnut Pancakes with Cranberry Orange Syrup
Crullers with Cinnamon-Vanilla Glaze
Pancakes with Stairs and Almonds
Sourdough Hotcakes - Plain or Blueberry
Other Fun Egg Ideas
Breads and Crackers and Cakes, Batters and Doughs
Quickbreads and Coffee Cakes
Banana Bread with a River of Nutella
Blueberry Jonnycake-in-the-Oven
Blueberry Tea Cake with Purple Basil, Lemon Thyme, and Lavender
Ricotta Coffee Cake with a Chocolate, Lemon and Double Ginger Filling
Muffins
Butternut Squash Muffins with Pecan Crunch Topping
Scones
Crackers and Chips and Little Bites
Assorted Homemade Tortilla Chips
Other Breads Without Yeast
Cheesy Buttermilk Biscuits and Raid the Fridge Veggie Burgers
Yeasted Breads - Savory
Basic Breads
Easy Herb Batter Bread (the first bread I learned to make)
Pain Ordinaire Careme - A Daily Loaf
Breads With a Bit More Complexity
Gateau au Poivre (Pepper Cakes, or Pepper Biscuits)
New York, or Jewish, Rye Bread and a Reuben
Pink Bread - More Fun With Beets
Potato Rye Bread with Onion and Caraway (you, too, can learn from my mistakes!)
Stuffing Flavored Cranberry Sandwich Bread
Yeasted Breads - Sweet
Choereg - Armenian Sweet Bread
Peanutbutter Banana Swirl Bread
Adventures in Sourdough
It's Aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive!!!
Sourdough Update - A Great Relief
Sourdough - The Second Batch of Bread
Sourdough Hotcakes - Plain and Blueberry
Roasted Garlic and Rosemary Sourdough Rolls
New York, or Jewish, Rye Bread and a Reuben
Pizza and Pizza-Like
My Favorite Pizza Dough Recipe
Blueberry and Goat Cheese Pizza with Caramelized Onions and Sauteed Almonds
Herb Crust Pizza - One Crust, Many Toppings
Pizzas with Roasted Garlic and Herbed Crust
Two Pizzas (a very old post...sorry, no pictures)
Cheese and Cheesemaking
Cows Milk Cheeses
Soft Cheeses
Fresh, Homemade Mozzarella! Batch #1
Ricotta and Mozzarella - Practice Makes Perfect
Cream Cheese - Uncooked Curd Method
Hard Cheese
Update on the Farmhouse Cheddar
Stirred Curd Cheddar Batch #1 Part 1
Stirred Curd Cheddar Batch #1 Part 2
Stirred Curd Cheddar - Batch #1 Part 3
Unveiling the Stirred Curd and Jalapeno Cheddars
Goats Milk Cheese
Chevre - My First Batch of Goat Cheese!
Recipes Featuring Cheese
Blueberry Goat Cheese Ice Cream
Brie Wedge Oddly Wrapped in Puff Pastry Dough
Cheese Fondue (an ancient post - sorry, no pictures)
Made With Love - A Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Mushrooms Stuffed with Chevre and Smoked Trout
Squash Blossoms Stuffed with Goat Cheese and Zucchini
More Good Things to Eat
Appetizers
Basil and Nasturtium Pesto Crostini with Fresh Mozzarella and Candied Cherry Tomatoes (another old post – from back before I posted pictures AND before I made my own mozzarella)
Scallion and Red Onion Pancakes with Ginger Dipping Sauce
Squash Blossoms Stuffed with Goat Cheese and Zucchini
Snacks and Light Meals
Cha Yip Dahn (Tea Eggs or Marbled Eggs) with Goo Yuet Fun Yim (Roasted Pepper and Salt Mix)
Fried Thanksgiving Leftover Wontons
Grilled Avocado and Sardine Sandwich
Open Faced Leftover Turkey and Brie Sandwich
Poached Egg over Goat's Milk Mozzarella, Arugula and Bacon Fat Fried Dough
Zucchini and Prosciutto Quiche
Chowders, Soups and Stews
A Mess of Pottage (Lentil Soup)
Caldo Verde - Portuguese Kale Soup, Version 1
Caldo Verde - Portuguese Kale Soup, Verion 2
Chilled Cucumber Soup (one of two recipes in this post)
Silky Coconut Butternut Shrimp Soup - A Variation on Keng Bouad Mak Fak Kham
Vegetables
Broccoli Rabe Sauteed in Olive Oil with Pancetta and Garlic
Broccoli Rabe and Cauliflower Gratin
Carrot and Purple Cabbage Slaw
Colcannon - One Version - and Sausages
Cucumber and Chiles (one of two cucumber recipes in this post)
First Harvest, Two Ways (Asparagus, Broccoli Rabe, and Bok Choi)
Raid the Pantry Veggie Burgers and Cheesy Buttermilk Biscuits
Renee Pottle's Vegetarian Burgers (sorry, no pictures)
Squash Blossoms Stuffed with Goat Cheese and Zucchini
Rice
Crab and Corn (and a bit of Lobster) Risotto
Risotto with Artichoke Hearts, Crabmeat and Shrimp
Risotto with Really Wild Mushrooms
Pasta, Noodles, and Dumplings
Green Spaghetti - The Way Mom Used to Make It
Homemade Herb Layered Ravioli Filled with Goat Cheese, Garlic Scallions and Wilted Spinach
Lasagne of Homemade Components, Mostly
Pumpkin Gnocchi with Brown Sage Butter
Red Curry Macaroni with Five Cheeses and Bacon
Sesame Noodles (sorry – no pictures)
Shrimp and Fettuccine with Basil and Nasturtium Pesto (sorry – no pictures)
Smokey Hot Turkey Chipotle Macaroni and Cheese
Whole Wheat Linguine with Leeks and Mushrooms (sorry – no pictures)
Savory Pastry Dishes
Poultry and Water Fowl
Chicken and Gravy and Mashed Potatoes (sorry – no pictures)
Chicken with Lemon, Oregano and Roasted Garlic
Duck Breast with Reduction of Port, Shallots and Figs
Roast Chicken with Onion and Mushroom Gravy
Rosemary Garlic Chicken and Potatoes
Shiu Ng Heung Gai (Oven Roasted Spiced Chicken)
Fish and Shellfish
Freshwater Fish
Trout for Lunch (very old post – no pictures)
Saltwater Fish
Ginger-Scallion Red Snapper, Whole and on the Grill
Grilled Sockeye Salmon with Asparagus and Wild Rice
Stir-Fried Fish with Ginger (nope, no pictures)
Fish with Legs
Fish with Shells
Grilled Shrimp (sorry – no pictures)
Red Curry Shrimp and Vegetables Over Mashed Potatoes
Scallops Wrapped in Nori, Topped with Bacon and Chives and a Maple Soy Ginger Glaze
Shrimp and Avocado with Wasabi (no pictures – what’s wrong with me??)
Steamed Clams with Thai Herbed Broth Over Potato Glass Noodles
Surf & Surf & Turf & Turf, Sort Of (who writes this stuff?)
Two Scallop Recipes (one is blackened, one with lime) (again – an old post, no pictures)
Pork
Baked Pork Chops (sorry, old post. no pictures)
Pork Loin Medallions with Apples, Onions and Herbs
Making Bacon is Fun!
Bacon in Recipes
Bacon Pancake Bites - Maple Syrup Optional
Scallops Wrapped in Nori, Topped with Bacon and Chives and a Maple-Soy Ginger Glaze
Pulled Pork
Slow-Cooked Pork Shoulder (or Boston Butt) for Pulled Pork Sandwiches
Smoked Pork Butt Part 1 - Rising Before Dawn
Smoked Pork Butt Part 2 - Charcoal Couture
Smoked Pork Butt Part 3 - I've Got a Hot Butt
Smoked Pork Butt Part 4 - Of Bark and Smoke Rings and Shreddy Goodness
Ribs
Sausage Making
John's Experimental Sausage #2
Making Sausage - Cleaning the Hog Casings
Making Sausage - and Other Things
Making Sausage - Grinding the Meat
Making Sausage - The Stuffing Part
Lamb
Lamb Burgers with Tzatziki Sauce
Beef
Buffalo Balls (old post/no pictures)
Crispy Orange and Meyer Lemon Beef
Rendering Beef Fat and Making Suet Cakes for the Birds
Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding
Multi-Day Food Projects
Oktoberfest 2007
Bonus Post from 2008 - Kraut and Beer Fudge Cake
The Corned Beef Project of March 2008
Day 1 - The Brine and the Briskets
Day 2 - Peeking at the Brisket
Day 5 - The Turning of the Briskets (and no, there was no Day 4…or 6 or 7, either)
Day 8 - Irish Whiskey Soda Bread
Day 8 - Royal Hibernian Brown Loaf
Everything Else
Sauces, Mixtures, Pastes and Blends
Arugula Pesto (from 2004 – no pictures)
Bill's Eel Sauce (no process photos)
Google Hot Sauce (the Giveaway is over, but hey, look – I got mentioned in Boston Magazine Online…I’m the “slightly dotty amateur chef” – hahaha!)
Horseradish Cream and Guinness Mustard
Roasted Tomatillo and Jalapeno Salsa
Fermenting and Pickling
Stocking Up
Green Tomato Jam (aka Booger Jam)
Strawberry Rhubarb Jam - Two Batches with Liquid Pectin
Beverages
The Creation of the Hail Mary (Tomato Juice and a Hail Storm)
Mint Leaves and Hail Stones - The Mohailto
In the Cookie Jar (or near it)
Biscotti with Candied Ginger, Mini Chocolate Chips, and Almonds
Candy Canes and Chocolate Meringues
Chocolate Chip Cookies (old post, no pictures)
Chocolate Coconut Almond Biscotti
Citrus Biscotti - Chocolate Glaze Optional
Coconut Shortbread Sea Creature Cookies
Farmer Hats 2008 - A Success Story
Florentines (Almond Lace Cookies)
Lemon Biscotti with Candied Ginger and White Chocolate Chips
Lime Thumbprints and a Lime Tart
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Please, Sir, I Want S'more...Cookies
Short Dough - Big Snowflakes and Glittery Stars
Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookies
And For Dessert…
Some Dessert Basics
Picante y Dulce Almond Brittle
Mainly Chocolate
Boca Negra Hearts with Raspberry Coulis and Creme Anglaise
Fruit
Apple Fritters (sorry, no pictures)
Homemade Blueberry Frozen Homemade Yogurt
Poached Pears with Syrup and Creme Anglaise
Strawberry Shortcake with Rhubarb Sauce
Pies and Tarts
Bittersweet Chocolate and Ginger-Lemon Poached Pear Tart
Lemon Sponge Pie (old post, no pictures)
Lemon Sponge Pie with Chocolate Pastry CrustLime Thumbprints and a Lime Tart
Poached Pear Tarte Tatin - in Miniature
Ice Creams and Other Really Cold Concoctions
Blueberry Goat Cheese Ice Cream
Margarita Ice Cream with Picante y Dulce Almond Brittle
Eggs and Cheese and Custards
Cherry Chocolate Chip Cheesecake
Chocolate Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake
Creme Brulee (no pictures)
Creme Brulee (again – with pictures this time)
Julia's Pumpkin Pie Bread Pudding
Red Miso Souffle with Lemon Ice Cream
Baked Cakes
Pretty Pink Cupcakes - Made with Beets
Sauerkraut and Beer Fudge Cake
Tuesdays and Fridays with Dorie
Baking: From My Home to Yours
Black and White Arborio Rice Puddings (or, in my case, Puddles)
Blueberry Sour Cream Ice Cream
Brrrrrrrrrrrownies with Natalie
Chocolate-Banded Ice Cream Torte
Chocolate Chocolate Eyeball Cupcakes
Chocolate-Crunched Caramel Tart
Chunky Peanut Butter and Oatmeal Chipsters
Fluted Polenta and Ricotta Cake
Four-Star Chocolate Bread Pudding
French Yogurt Cake with Marmalade Glaze
Fresh Ginger and Chocolate Gingerbread
Grandma's All-Occasion Sugar Cookies
Savory Corn and Pepper Muffins
Sugar-Topped Molasses Spice Cookies
The Most Extraordinary French Lemon Cream Tart
Baking with Julia
French Fridays with Dorie
Michel Rostang's Double Chocolate Mousse Cake