How to Make an Omelet: Tips & Tricks

I decided not long ago that I was not a multitasker, and I wasn’t even going to try. This may not sound like such a momentous decision, but since it seemed like multitasking was in my job description,  it felt like a big deal. I noticed, though, that when I tried to do more than [...]

Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Bacon and Fried Egg

This sandwich makes my husband lose his senses. I only make it for him once a year, on Father’s Day, which I’m sure you’ll understand once you look at the recipe. It’s not exactly the most healthy of breakfasts, but it is delicious!
The recipe comes from Sara Foster’s Casual Cooking, but the recipe is so [...]

Impressive Brunch Dish: The Popover Pancake

I made this for Sunday brunch a couple of weeks ago. It is a large pancake cooked in the style of a popover, so it puffs up quite magnificently. It really does look impressive coming out of the oven, but it collapses quickly, so you have to take it straight to the table. (In the [...]

Southwestern Scramble with Avocado, Bacon & Cheese

After I set a goal of posting a recipe daily, I skip a day, of course! Well, I never claimed I’d meet the goal, just that I would try to. I got too busy yesterday to post, but last night we had a nice “no time to cook” dinner composed of little bits of leftovers [...]

A Light Green Frittata for Spring

Usually, when I make frittata, it’s a last-minute dinner designed to minimize cooking while using up the odds and ends in the vegetable crisper. But last night, I decided to make a frittata that celebrates the bounty of fresh herbs returning to my garden, and it was so good, I wanted to share the recipe. [...]

Variations on a Theme: Egg Drop Soup

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To continue the theme of spring dishes, I wanted to discuss Egg Drop Soup. This basic soup goes by many different guises, including the Chinese version that is most familiar and Stracciatella in Italy. Heartier versions with garlic, rice, spinach and even chicken can be found in many other cuisines, such as Greece [...]

Deviled Eggs for Easter

When I was a kid, we went to my grandma’s for Easter every year. All the cousins held an Easter egg hunt in her big front yard, usually for those awful brightly colored candy eggs in the plastic wrappers. I was never sure that if I found an egg from the previous year if it [...]

The Incredible Breakfast Salad

When my husband and I go out to eat at Vin Rouge, our favorite local French bistro, he always gets what he has dubbed “the breakfast salad.” Of course, anyone who is familiar with French cooking would recognize it as the classic Salade Lyonnaise, but with fried potatoes, chewy-crisp lardons and a poached egg on [...]

Easy but Impressive Brunch Dish: Baked Eggs and Roasted Bacon

‘Tis the season for brunch. I prefer having a crowd over for brunch rather than dinner. It always seems easier to prepare, because I have more energy in the mornings, and if I’m really thinking ahead, I can do some cooking the day before. And if I’m not thinking ahead, store-bought pastries still work just [...]

Useful How-tos for Cooking Bacon & Eggs

My how-to articles are among my most popular posts on this blog. I don’t write nearly enough of them, because it’s tough to write a good how-to, especially for tasks I might do all the time and consider second nature.
That’s why I wanted to highlight some great how-tos that I’ve run across recently on my [...]