It’s extremely rare that I feel deprived as a vegetarian (although admittedly, I miss bacon more than I sometimes care to acknowledge). With handy veggified substitutes for nearly all the classics – chicken wings, hot dogs, pulled pork – we don’t miss out on much. But on big barbecue days like Memorial Day, Labor Day, and… [click for recipe and more]
Well, this is a first. I’m writing a blog entry over the weekend to publish on Monday, with college basketball on in the background. Wait, that’s not a first at all. I do that all the time. The difference this time is that I’m doing it from an airplane at 35,000 feet. Should that have… [click for recipe and more]
Stromboli versus calzone: an age-old discussion. Does one have ricotta while the other has mozzarella? Is there usually provolone in one? One has the sauce inside and the other on the side for dipping, right? One’s rolled and one’s folded? Ask me if I care. They’re both bread filled with cheese and pizza toppings. Reconfigured… [click for recipe and more]
As a vegetarian, egg salad has been my saving grace more times than I can count – mostly when I was a sophomore in high school and my friends and I would sneak off campus to eat lunch at this rinky-dink little deli around the corner from campus. Yeah, that backfired on me the day… [click for recipe and more]
This winter will not end. I don’t even know what to make of it anymore. One day it’s 50 degrees, the next we get a bunch of snow dumped on us. Then it gets warm and melts, but as soon as that happens, the next polar vortex comes roaring in and it’s lather, rinse, repeat.… [click for recipe and more]