Recipe Archives

Braised Lamb Shanks

May 1st, 2008

   Today is probably one of the last days I can cook this kind of hearty dinner, it being so rainy and cool. Seems we’re having a Real Spring in NY!
I’ve been wary of the Lamb Shank in the past [...]

A Pecan Pie That Won’t Hurt Your Teeth

May 1st, 2008

I love pecan pie or at least I thought I loved it.I guess I grew up and my palate just can’t handle a certain level of sweet anymore.And I want a drier pie filling because a wetter one skeezes me out to the max. But I’ve got more important things to obsess over so [...]

Absolutely the best Apple Pie,ever.

December 16th, 2007

What a bold statement that is. But even more shocking was that this was my 1st attempt at pie baking. Obviously, I am a genius.OK,I can’t take all the credit.I did look up how to make a pie as I hadn’t much of a clue beyond that I knew I needed crust and stuff to [...]

Wednesday evening, 2 quiches later…

December 13th, 2007

I got the crazy idea that I should make quiche.Because I never have. So off to the store to get the ingredients. One potentially fatal flaw to the quiche outcome was that the local store had only ready made graham cracker pie shells for sale. I grabbed them anyway.To hell with first time [...]