Recession Recipes

King Ranch Casserole is considered to be a Texan staple, and I loved going over to friends’ houses when I was growing up and eating it there since the dish wasn’t in my mum’s English recipe repertory. For those of you who have never heard of King Ranch Casserole, it is basically an enchilada-style dish, [...]

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone is surrounded by loved ones and the kitchen is full of laughter and good smells! Thanksgiving is my favourite holiday of the year. There is no pressure to buy the perfect present: All you have to do is eat, drink, and smile until your heart’s content.
Although 2009 has so far [...]

I hope that every one’s Thanksgiving preparations are going well and the turkey is defrosting or already in a brine for the big day! After the Thanksgiving meal tomorrow, one usually ends up with a lot of leftovers, especially loads of turkey meat. As much as I love turkey, cranberry, and stuffing sandwiches the day [...]

Any good Thanksgiving meal needs to end in dessert, even if you don’t feel like there is any room left in your stomach! This Maple Pear Upside-Down Cake is the perfect way to end your holiday: It is it light and outrageously moist, yet so full of flavour that it will satiate even the most [...]

In addition to the incredible Potato Puree we ate at Craftsteak a couple of weeks ago, we also had the most divine Brussels Sprouts with Bordelaise Sauce and Bacon. They tasted like a meat dish despite being veggie-based due to the rich wine sauce and bacon, which as you know makes everything exponentially more delicious.
Carlo [...]

I love Brussels sprouts, and I always look forward to eating them at the holidays each year. Normally they are kind of a pain to make and seem to take forever to prepare and roast, which is why we seem to only eat them at the holidays. However, this recipe from Mark Bittman is very [...]

Last year Carlo and I went to Tom Colicchio’s Craftsteak at MGM and ordered their seasonal tasting menu. The dinner one of the best meals I’ve had in a fancy restaurant on the Strip, and what you would imagine the food would taste like if you are a big fan of Tom on Top Chef.
While [...]

I originally posted this incredible recipe for Crunchy New Potatoes back in April when I had a dinner party for some of my girlfriends in Austin. The potatoes were so good and easy to make that I just had to give them their own post in time for the holidays.
Every time that I’ve made these [...]

You can never have enough potatoes at Thanksgiving dinner. There’s the classic mashed, and all the variations upon them, roasted, gratin, scalloped — even french fries would be good. Therefore we’re bringing you three different potato recipes today, so if you’re either picky, or just a glutton for potatoes, you should be covered.
First up, we’ve [...]

I’m pretty traditional when it comes to stuffing, and I’ll be the first to admit that my favourite stuffing–hands down–is the Pepperidge Farm herb stuffing “fancied” up with some sauteed onions and celery. It is what I grew up on and it still embodies the taste of the holidays to me.
However, I’m also pretty open [...]