My daughter came home with this recipe (presumably copyright attribution to George Washington?) for hoecakes and mentioned that her teacher would like me to make them for the class.  I am generally happy to do so because she has severe food allergies and if I don’t make it, it’s virtually...

This is one of my most requested recipes — which always strikes me as very odd because it is the most simple vinaigrette you can make.  And whenever I try to give someone the recipe, I never have any idea about amounts because I always mix it in the same bowl and add the ingredients until “they...

My intent with the “Farmer’s Market Dinner” category is to highlight a meal made almost entirely with local ingredients.  Clearly this is a not a 100% promise, but more of an intent to use as many local ingredients as possible.  Tonight’s meal was made from local pork tenderloin...

I love making pizza with the kids.  Number one, they are always psyched to hear that pizza is on the dinner menu which means we can skip the overly dramatic groans.  Number two, they love to help — and  giving them the ability to make their own dinner is a skill that might come in handy moving...

I have been making fried rice for years.  I have analyzed the techniques of the master chefs (you know, at Benihana) and come to the conclusion that the best fried rice recipe has no real recipe at all.  The whole point is to use the ingredients that you have on hand.  This is a brilliant meal when...

Some of my favorite meals are the leftover creations I enjoy at lunchtime.  In fact, leftovers are a staple and become the basis of almost every lunch that the kids and I eat.  That’s the beauty of cooking real food at dinner time — it generally always provides you with another meal. ...

I have never particularly loved oatmeal cookies.  They are generally too cakey or too raisiny or too something.  It’s not that I wouldn’t eat them — but they just don’t come to mind as something I’d set out to bake.  Unless of course, I loaded them with chocolate chunks. Yesterday,...

1 cup dairy-free margarine or shortening (I use Earth Balance) 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup Plain Soy Milk (or rice milk) 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 1/4 cups unbleached flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda Chocolate Chunks Made From One Scharffen Berger Semisweet Baking Bar (9.7 ounces) Directions: Preheat...

1/3 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup water 1/2 cup soy or canola-based margarine (With no whey, etc. I use Earth Balance.) 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (I use Scharffen Berger) 2 cups white sugar 2 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup...

1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cups white sugar 1/2 cup margarine, at room temp (I use Earth Balance) 3 very ripe bananas, mashed well 2 cups flour (I used 25% whole wheat, 75% white flour) 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 cup vanilla soy milk, mixed with 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon...