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…
Ratibor Country Grill
Sunday, we decided to try Ratibor Country Grill, because we’d heard so many good reviews of it. Urbanspoon and Yelp both have a 5-star rating for it. It is definitely a “home cooking” place, and they do a good job on their food. It is east of Temple, and fairly near the Oscar Store. I…