Not so long ago, right after we moved into our new house, I started harassing a friend of mine who has a prolific fig tree in her back yard. “Let me know,” I’d post on her wall, “WHEN THE FIGS COME IN.” I’m pretty sure I used caps, because it was a truly serious matter….
Breakfast
Sous Vide Smoked Salmon with Hack
I discovered sous vide a while ago, but never really had the means to put it into action. That is, of course, until my father became obsessed with Thomas Keller’s book and rigged up a little sous vide contraption of his own. This got me thinking, and, while they’re on vacation, I discovered a sous…
Hash Brown and Sausage Casserole: Make-Ahead Breakfast Part
If the world has ended, I guess reading about breakfast isn’t worth it. So I sure hope the world’s still turning! This is the perfect second-half to baked french toast casserole for Christmas morning, requiring hardly any effort the morning-of. Additionally, there’s no puffy eggs acting as filler, distracting from the simple, savory richness of…
Baked French Toast Casserole: Make-Ahead Breakfast
Hey! I think I know you pretty well by now, don’t you think? I think I know you well enough to say that I bet on Christmas morning, you want to be standing at the oven, making sure the scrambled eggs don’t burn, rushing to the counter to fill the waffle iron back up. Right?…
Ham and Cheese Waffles: Savory, Sweet, Perfect.
I can’t even think about these waffles without getting hunger pains and changing our dinner plans from Mediterranean tuna cakes with cucumber yogurt sauce with a baked sweet potato and roasted asparagus to… ham and cheese waffles. A few weeks ago, Epicurious posted a collection of wild waffles and pancakes that just spoke to me….
