Last weekend I spent the day with food blogging friends new and old. We ate (of course!) but really, we came together to hear Dianne Jacob lecture on food writing, from restaurant reviews to blogging to cookbooks, using her book Will Write for Food. Even her prompts were fun! I’m going to share with you […]
Author: Lisa Dearen
Cottage Cheese Guacamole
I have a confession to make: I had absolutely no clue about who was playing whom in the Super Bowl yesterday. (Although I was jazzed to see Madonna perform! See, I knew that much at least.) What I was excited about was spending the afternoon with friends. After all, the Super Bowl is nothing if […]
Pistachio Pesto
I just couldn’t sit still Monday. Do you ever have those days? With the rain I put off talking the dog on our daily two-mile walk but I still wanted to do…something. Something active, not like going to the gym active (which is fine since I don’t belong to one, anyway). Something like spending the […]
Easy Stove-Top Macaroni & Cheese
I didn’t set out to ruin your New Year’s intentions, honestly I didn’t. I actually have a few resolutions myself, one of which is filing all the notes, clippings and recipes I’ve amassed over the past year. Which is how I stumbled upon this little jewel of a recipe. To sweeten the deal, I’m going […]
Penne alla Vodka
One of my pre-New Year’s goals is to stop wasting so much food. Besides literally throwing money away, spoiled food wastes the efforts of the people, trucks and natural resources used to get that food to me in the first place. So in an effort to clean out my pantry, I’ve started planning meals around […]
Southern Cornbread
If you want comfort food done right, look no further than my friend Breanne, who grew up in the South surrounded by generations of women known for their Southern charm and secret recipes. This is a family that so closely guards some of its recipes that daughters and granddaughters are shooed out of the kitchen […]
Football Hero Nachos
Chef Amanda Curry at the Center for a Healthy Lifestyle is silly in the kitchen. Surrounded by pint-sized chefs, she lobs jokes, asks goofy questions and gets giggles out of even the most serious kid. Meanwhile, kids are doing the unthinkable: eating their vegetables.
Domino Potatoes
I’m a sucker for anything that involves potatoes: chips, fries, mashed, baked, in soups, as a side, as a main course. (Not stews though, wouldn’t want to mislead you.) So when I saw this blog post by Bon Appétit about domino potatoes and the bloggers who made them, I felt dizzy. Yet another method for […]
Lentil & Bruschetta Dip
This is one of those tried and true, too-easy-to-believe dips that’s more an assembly than a recipe. If you shop at Trader Joe’s, you’ve most likely seen these items but perhaps didn’t think to toss them together in a bowl for one of the most unusual dips you’ve ever tried. If you’re a light eater, […]