not quite gourmet

Comfort foods - everyone has something (or several things) that fit into this category. In some cases, perhaps it's a dish that evokes...

Boiling water is easy, right? Well, that's really all you have to do with this recipe. Oh, and add salt. And then butter. It's simp...

Mistakes happen. I've made this dish tons of times. I mean, I have it committed to memory. And yet I made a mistake. I forgot to put in...

Velvet? Okay, this is really just butternut squash soup. But it's really, really good soup. And hey, velvet does make it sound fancy, ri...

Sometimes when you're on a budget, you have to cook with what's fresh. A couple days ago, I had set out to the grocery store with on...

It's not often you can say you were inspired to try a dish because of an animated rodent. Well, here goes: I saw Remy cook Ratatouille ...

I still remember waking up at the crack of dawn to head out fishing on the weekend as a kid. The captain of the boat I worked on was a grand...