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Trusting your gut in the kitchen (and the most perfect pancakes ever)

I knew better. I KNEW BETTER. The recipe said to saute the halved mushrooms and the asparagus tips together for three minutes …

Like most college professors the day after finals week, I should be grading. The paper piles, more than half-vanquished but still huge, …

Cutting to the chase on freezer meals: Except in limited cases, no. Just, no. First you should know who you’re dealing with …

“The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for the steak to cook.” –Julia Child Free stock image. Used …

I almost bragged too soon. Getting the Christmas decorations put away the second week of January? Unheard of in this household. And …

Let’s be clear: I wanted to love this pizza. My version of Cooking Light’s sausage and kale pesto pizza, cooked in a cast …

Confession: I only medium like Nutella and I maintain a critical stance towards the all-things-Nutella bandwagon I see on Pinterest. It’s good, …

Peanut brittle, batch the second. Batch the first was more like PayDay innards. June 15, 2014 I admit, crankypants Shawna showed up …

Vegetable Tian, May 28, 2014 I love when a dish turns out WAY better than expected. Want to make this super tasty …

A riff on Olive Garden’s zuppa toscana… Italian sausage, potatoes and kale in a milky broth. Yum! What sounds good for dinner …