Weekly Food: Charmoula Tempeh and Sweet Potato Burritos

Just a quick hit because I forgot to post last week’s menu. Our two dishes were Charmoula Tempeh with Vegetable Couscous from Peter Berley’s Fresh Food Fast and Sweet Potato Burritos from allrecipes. The tempeh has been a favorite of mine for several years now. In fact, it was the meal I cooked for Sara [...]

Weekly Food: Hot & Sour Soup and Mushroom Barley Pie

Back when Sara and I started school and found ourselves either rushing off to class or hunkering down with homework every night, we worked out a system to make sure that we still had some good meals on hand for lunch and dinner: Every Sunday, we cook two giant meals that we package up to [...]

ZOMG, these brownies

I’m not really big on V-day (unless it’s for ending violence against women), but it seemed like as good a reason as any to try out the Chewy Brownies recipe in my March/April 2010 issue of Cook’s Illustrated. And holy crap. They’re good. Really, track down a copy of this magazine, and make these brownies. [...]

Pan-fried, balsamic-glazed gnocchi and an introduction

It seems appropriate that my first post here should include an introduction. I’ll keep it short though and get to the food. For now, suffice it to say that when your wife is a webmaster, offhandedly saying things like “you know, I’ve been thinking about starting a blog,” mean that your Valentine’s day gift may [...]