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Weeknight Wondermeal: Easiest Roast Chicken with Lemon, Garlic, and Tiny Wee...
It’s high time Lolita posted a bona fide Weeknight Wondermeal. Only the fewest ingredients – the least effort – but with the mostest reward. Lately I’ve been too busy to even think, and I admit to...
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Weeknight Wondermeal: Simple Saltimbocca and Risotto
Saltimbocca means “jumps in the mouth” in Italian; the term refers to the sprightly, salty, woodsy flavors of sage and prosciutto that are generally found coupled with tender, paper thin slices of veal...
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Sweet ‘N Soy Seared Tuna with Broiled Cana de Cabra and Ginger Dressed Greens
It has been some couple of weeks – as in, chock full o’ unfamiliar happenings. Since Clayton and I are nothing if not creatures of habit, said happenings have really thrown us into disarray. But my...
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Tea-Smoked Scallops with Panzanella
This recipe is the result of several weeks of brain stewing. You know the kind — where one dreams up an idea, and then thinks about it constantly, shaping it and sculpting it, falling to sleep with...
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Pan Seared Skate Wing, Molten Cheddar Grits, Wilted Spinach, and Spring Onion...
Oh hai Spring! It’s March in New England but my windows have been open for days, and today I rode through Brighton in a tank-top, getting some much needed sun on my oh-so-pale shoulders. This false...
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Weeknight Wondermeal: Chicken Piccata, Simple Pasta, and EVOO Roasted Asparagus
Lolita has to admit to recent failures in the kitchen. A tough turkey breast; a failed carbonara (including a re-cook!); and although I can’t remember the specifics, I recall 3 temper tantrums in the...
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Weeknight Wondermeal: Roasted Chicken Thighs and Cauliflower with Breadcrumb...
This is truly a Weeknight Wondermeal for the ages, like my Pasta con pepe e caciotta al tartufo or my Rhubarb Roasted Chicken. 4 purchased ingredients + 4 pantry items/ 1 pan @ 45 minutes = sublime...
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Breaded Pork Chops, Lemon Butter Risotto, and Chorizo Roasted Brussels Sprouts
Now that September is well underway, Clayton and I are deep into school (albeit him from the student perspective, and me from the administrator p.o.v.), the air is cooling, the leaves are rusting, and...
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Wild Mushroom Risotto, Butternut Squash, Smoked Gouda, Orange Gremolata,...
Working in Harvard Square like I do means I get my pick of some pretty great restaurants for my daily lunch. But since I’m on a tight budget, I only make it to the fancy-schmanzy places when I’m...
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Weeknight Wondermeal: Simple Baked Salmon with Spuds and Spinach
Many of my Harvard kids (I teach and work at the University) complain that they don’t know how to cook. I mean, why should they? Their parents have taken care of them up to the point that they...
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