This year there are four adults and I'm roasting two chickens (@eprewitt, yes, the vaunted Zuni method!) plus a few simple sides - cranberries (done the day before), potatoes, green something, and ...

love this!

I've never worked with puff pastry before...never even thought to. This was a really helpful post! Thanks for the tips, everyone.

Scrumpy's organic cider from Michigan is delicious.

I just made myself a kitchen wishlist! My kitchen is fairly spare but I cook a lot. On the top of my list are a knife sharpener, a good chef's knife, a medium sized pot/small stock pot, and cookie...

This how I cook my eggs, too, but it really only takes me 4 or 5 minutes from start to finish. Add some feta some time. It's AMAZING.

I also use baby/talcum powder. Put a little pile on the stain and let it sit for a day or two, then discard powder and wash as usual. It's worked like a charm for me, even on old stains that have b...

I drink barley tea daily, if I can keep it stocked in my pantry. I prefer it cold, but it's great hot too.

I really miss having a toaster oven, and feel so guilty every time I heat up the oven for one small thing. I used to make s'mores in the toaster oven...put a few marshmallows and chocolate chunks o...

This is our favorite yogurt! I prefer the six grains (esp. pear) but my bf loves the walnut-plum, which is too rich for my taste. I love that it's just sweetened with fruit juice...normal yogurt i...

My aunt mixes water with her lab's dry food, which seems to slow her down.

Yesterday was homemade pizza with slow roasted cherry tomatoes with thyme. Tonight is Zuni roasted chicken, and I can't wait!

For those of you who can find it, Scrumpy's organic hard cider is the best I've ever had. Not too sweet.

I love roasted beets and I make enough for a quinoa/beet/green been/goat cheese/walnut salad for lunch the next day. Never occurred to me to try them raw - can't wait!

Eggplant exploding in the oven. Raw fish juice all over the fridge. Took months for the smell to dissipate.

My mom halves her tomatoes, tops with some garlic, olive oil, s p, basil and roasts until they're done. Then she freezes them in serving size portions in zip bags on cookie trays so they freeze fla...

I grew up eating seasoned ground turkey and rice wrapped up in boston lettuce. Comfort food for me!

I am completely happy disliking the foods that I do. I don't feel any need or desire to like them more. (Granted, the list is pretty small. As someone else up there said, there are many foods I wis...

Every day for years, my mother has eaten a frozen coffee yogurt for lunch. She takes it out of the freezer when she leaves for work, and by the time lunch rolls around, it's the perfect consistency...

these are great stuffed with sauteed onions, goat cheese and a bit of curry powder.