Bacon and Leek Crustless Quiche
This Quiche recipe has something for just about everyone. With a nice soft texture, the ingredients more than make up for a lack of…
Tag: cheese
Grilled Cheese Tomato Soup Casserole
Cheese is my thing. My jam. My go-to snack. My favorite food. Everybody knows this about me. There are very few cheeses I do…
Twice-Baked Acorn Squash with Sausage and Kale
I’ve always liked living in town. Walking to the coffee shop, bookstore, farmer’s market, playground, bar, etc. is really appealing. Strap the kids in the…
Cheddar Cheese Straw Recipe
You know what we need? A good, old-fashioned cocktail party. Dress up a little. Wear lipstick or a pocket square. Spin music on the…
Beer and Cheddar Dip with Bacon
We have a new couch. It is the first piece of furniture that we own that wasn’t given to us or found on Craigslist.…
Spinach Bacon Artichoke Dip
A notice would go home for make-up picture day sometime in late September. It was sent before picture day itself had even been mentioned…
Eggplant Veggie Burgers with Swiss Cheese and Shallot Jam
I like veggie burgers. I am not a vegetarian. I like meat and cheese and hot dogs. I know cheese is not a meat.…
Seared Halloumi and Roasted Vegetable Sandwich
After college, when Malcolm moved into his own, one-bedroom apartment in Astoria Queens, I rode the train to New York a lot. I had an…
Rosemary-Raisin Soda Bread and Guinness Cheddar Fondue
What is St Patrick’s Day if not an excuse to drink like a marauder? And if there’s one thing I’ve learned in my twenty…
Super Cheesy Potatoes
Somewhere around the time when I was 18 years old, my friend’s mother decided that she was going to dispose of her Christmas tree…
Melted Mozzarella with Mushrooms and Herbs
I feel like the statute of limitations (heh, when I was a kid I thought it was “statue of limitations”, like there would be…
Roasted Apple Soup with Cider and Gruyere
The last time I went to the desert, I was four and had a lot on my mind. I took a road trip with…
Egg Noodles with Fontina and Mushrooms
Sixty degrees, the twenty-third of October in Rockland, Maine, at noon. Fewer than a dozen very young children and their parents on the playground…
Mexican Street-Style Sweet Corn
Each November, the tiny town of Xmatkuil hosts the annual Yucatan State Fair, a month-long celebration of Yucatecan culture that features bullfights, traditional dancing,…
Welsh Rarebit Burgers
It was kind of a peculiar summer here in Midcoast Maine. We had several stretches of less-than-perfect weather, which left us (and most of…
Open-Faced Toasted Mozzarella and Tomato Sandwich
When you write a blog that features lots of photographs of sandwiches, they had better be mind-blowingly inventive. There’s no room for PB&J at…
Easy Pepperoni Stromboli
This simple to make Stromboli is a family favorite, and loaded with pepperoni. The Stromboli started its roots in American culture back in the…
Ricotta and Chicken Sausage Stuffed Shells
I miss my Josephine dearly. She and I were good friends, in the end, and I spoke to her on the phone many times…
Creamy Shrimp and Grits Recipe
New Orleans is one of those cities you feel like you know, and love, even if you’ve never been. It’s storied, romantic, mythic, Gothic,…
Gnudi in Sage Butter with Fresh Tomatoes
Gnudi, pronounced “Nudee”, is a ricotta-based dumpling, a sort of ravioli in the buff. Hence, gnudi – it means naked! I clothed these fat…
White Pizza Grilled Cheese (Homemade)
Today’s sandwich is the “White Pizza Grilled Cheese.” It combines ricotta, mozzarella, garlic, red pepper flakes, and fresh basil on toasted bread. Notes: We…
Cheese & Mushroom Pull-Apart Bread
Browse Pinterest for inspiration for long enough, and some strange things start to happen to your sense of right and wrong. Two hours in,…