How do you get through Thanksgiving? With wine and baited breath as we pull the turkey out of the oven? I’ve only roasted one turkey before. It was good–not great. But I have big plans this year. I’m going to put lots of butter under the skin with herbs and salt. It’s worked well for a roast chicken, and if it’s good enough for chicken, it’s good enough for my turkey. But what we often neglect on Thanksgiving is figuring out what to do with the leftovers of this enormous bird.
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I’m here to confess to you that I bought a pair of statement pants. Not just any pants, but what I think are magic pants, the kind that you have to pull off by just wearing them and acting like nothing is wrong (despite maybe a few over-the-shoulder glances from confused onlookers). The first time I wore them, I avoided the grocery store like the plague in case I ran into anyone wearing these, but they’ve grown on me now. A friend told me they’re the pants every woman adores and men hate. But people, I’m wearing the pants for me. I wore them to a party last week, and we played games and drank wine. They’re now my ladies night pants.
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This is where my blog peaks, and no other recipe will live in infamy like this miso butter and mushroom orecchiette. Which I have misspelled and spelled again fifteen times since writing this post. ORECCHIETTE. Why so many letters? I’m here to tell you that this pasta is an umami bomb. The savory miso butter…
Sam once told me he didn’t like carrots, which I took as a challenge to craft the most delicious carrot recipe that even the most dedicated carrot-hater couldn’t hate. I used to hate a lot of vegetables until I found out that everything is good roasted. Everything. Even a brussels sprout. I made this amazing…
Hi Friends! Every year I fall in love with autumn all over again, and I’m reminded why. I took a step outside and watched the rain fall on a big oak tree in our backyard while all the yellowed leaves fell to the ground. It smelled like dirt and leaves and those scented crayons that…