I was flipping through Ina's latest cookbook, How Easy Is That?, in search of a snack enticing enough for my (basically) un-health conscious family, but healthy enough to meet my standards for our annual winter family get together / food fest. Every winter for the past ten years or so, my family and I pack up the car and take a trip to see my aunt, uncle, and cousins in New England for a weekend of catching up, cooking old family favorites, overindulging, and drinking good wine. They in turn make the trip down to Jersey every August for a similar event hosted at my parent's house. Food is the main feature of both weekends, but if you dig a little deeper, you'll realize that the food is providing much more than caloric sustenance to this crew. Read more »
this valentine’s day, i heart my family
rosemary white bean dip
Last Saturday night, Joe and I met up with a group of our friends for dinner at Anthony David's in Hoboken, New Jersey. Upon sitting, our server presented the table with a basket of crusty bread and a small vessel loaded with the most marvelous white bean spread. Not only was the spread delicious, it was addicting. We kept going back for more and unabashedly requesting a fresh replenishment course after course. As a matter of fact, I'm pretty sure I would have been completely satisfied for the night feasting on those two things only (and of course my glass of red wine). However, I still went on to enjoy another sensational meal of grilled octopus, Chilean sea bass, and bourbon glazed doughnuts [drooling on my keyboard right now] at one of Hoboken's finest establishments.. Read more »
