My father-in-law has enough yellow squash for at least half of the city this year! Ours hasn’t started producing, so it’s great that he’s willing to share. I wanted a new casserole this summer, and something with a Tex-Mex flair. My testers said this was a winner. It’s a delicious way to use a lot…
Author: Lanie Fioretti
My name is Lanie Fioretti and although I am not a classically trained chef or a degreed nutritionist, I have been studying food and nutrition voraciously since the early seventies. After working in public health and private practice for 22 years, I retired my dental hygiene license. I have taught cooking classes at Whole Foods and Central Market, done product development for a bakery in east Texas, catered, and been a personal chef. I usually think of myself as an improvisational cook!
Teriyaki Beef Salad
Don and I enjoyed this salad for dinner on the Fourth of July. I forget what a perfect summer dish it is. I posted it 3 years ago, and thought it was worth repeating. I didn’t have any chervil, so I used herbs de provence. And I had fresh tomatoes from the garden, so I…
Snickerdoodle Shortbread
PrintSnickerdoodle Shortbread Prep Time: 15 minutesCook Time: 15 minutes Yield: Makes about 3 dozen Ingredients2 cups flour 3/4 cup powdered sugar Scant tsp kosher salt 2 sticks butter, room temperature 1 tsp vanilla extract 1/2 tsp butter flavor Cinnamon SugarInstructionsPlace flour, sugar, and salt in the bowl of a food processor. Process for a few…
Pasta with Creamy Bacon and Clam Sauce
It’s been too long since we’ve had a good dish of pasta. For this recipe, I decided to combine the elements I love about clam chowder, carbonara, and clam sauce. It was a dish of pure pleasure. There are lots of additions and substitutions you can make to personalize it! When I reheated a portion,…
The Business of Food
Mark Bittman wrote a good article, recently, in the New York Times on the food industry. He talks about how it’s impossible for the food companies to do anything that really might improve the health situation in this country, because there’s no money in it. And even though what they are producing will eventually…