Monthly Archives: March 2016
Chocolate Covered Banana Cake
Four bananas, well past their prime, sat in our fruit bowl yesterday. Four. I never buy bananas with the intention of letting them turn shades of brown (does anyone? Well, maybe) but sometimes that happens. And sometimes that happens a few times in a few weeks, as it has recently. I always feel a little guilty when […]
Pico De Gallo Chicken Skillet
Thin chicken breasts are seasoned and sauteed and then smothered with a quick winter version of pico de gallo salsa for a piquant, bright dinner. Predictably on Sunday, there was much consternation on the interwebs about the beginning of Daylight Savings Time. As clocks were thrust forward an hour, folks lamented the loss of sleep, […]
Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Recently, I finished listening to a food memoir. “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle,” by Barbara Kingsolver is a look at how one family (Kingsolver’s family, that is) made a commitment to eat only local food (with a few small exceptions) for one year. Much of their food they grew themselves, but what they couldn’t grow they bought from […]
Aglio e Olio (Pasta with Olive Oil and Garlic)
Waitresses in black shirts and white aprons glided from the kitchen window to the bar to the tables where customers awaited their orders. In the kitchen, a chef in his pristine whites cooked at a near constant pace. Occasionally flames rose, as he fired the dishes that have earned Massimo’s Cucina Italiana a place in […]