Fudging It

Chocolate Crackle Cookies

Chocolate Crackle Cookies (Flourless, Gluten-free): The challenge of making a gooey fudgy cookie without flour is made simple with this recipe. No one would ever guess that these delicious crackle cookies contain zero flour. Be as creative as you would … Continue reading

Feeling Chili

Spicy Chicken Chili

Spicy Chicken Chili: It’s yet another tranquil New England day with snow falling slowing through the crisp air, and the need for something spicy and warm fuels our inspiration. When we first made this chili last weekend, it tasted so … Continue reading

Naked with Ravioli

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Beet Gnudi with Caraway Sauce: In business, when people I’ve just met ask me “how would you describe yourself,” I’m always tickled by the same answer that pops into my mind. With a grin that only I can see on … Continue reading

Picture This

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Fregola Sarda with Slow Roasted Pork and Vegetables: Cooking for me has always been spontaneous – a firecracker of inspiration, immediately followed by a serious of iniquitous acts that come together in a symphony of meaningful decisions that somehow result … Continue reading

Seoul Relief

Asian Chicken Noodle Soup

Asian Chicken Noodle Soup: Why is it that each January always brings a wrath of increasingly resilient viral infections that spread across the globe like a broken bag of popcorn kernels falling across a kitchen floor. It is without fail … Continue reading

A Kick in the Wheat

Crispy Chicken Tenders with Spicy Romesco: I dreamt I returned to the Paleolithic era and was amazingly fit and trim from burning so many calories because I had to chase my food with a spear before I could eat it. … Continue reading

Ready to Fold

Vietnamese Egg Rolls with Sesame Pork: Mid-week meals on busy schedules are always challenging, let alone when you’re aiming for something gourmet. This of course is thoroughly compounded when you have it in your head a desire for Asian cuisine, … Continue reading

Aim Small Miss Small

Cocotte of Chickpeas with Venison Summer Sausage: The fortitude of my disposition, when it comes to challenging myself in cooking great food anyway, is directly proportionate to how much I’m willing to sacrifice. From an “eat anything” attraction with evil … Continue reading

When in Rome

Minestrone Soup with Garlic Bruschetta: It’s a cold blustery day, with snow wisping from the tree tops. Days like these gush for a bowl of hot spicy soup curled up by a warm fire, contemplating something meaningful, or at the … Continue reading

Let It Snow

Umbricelli Farro Pasta with Walnut Sauce: With the expected onslaught of our fair share of snow this weekend, we had the invariable need to bake bread and other various culinary creations as the light fluffy snow fell throughout the day. … Continue reading