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Marshmallows? Ugh.  What are you doing?  Stop. Sprinkles?  You are not pinteresting.  You don’t have the patience/skill/time for that.  You don’t do cutesy poo things. Staaaahp!  Remember blogging?  Remember Ciao Time?  Remember that Sicilian pizza you still haven’t written about?  You spent all day yesterday trying to recreate a beloved dish your grandmother used to… Continue reading Marshmallow Pops, a.k.a. The Worst Blog Post Ever

All the cool kids are doing it.  Martha loved it.   Steve Martin did it, and tweeted about it.  Every blogger who ever blogged a blog is blogging it.   It’s the one-pot pasta dish – also unattractively knows as a “dump dinner”, wherein one puts all the ingredients into a pot, cooks it in… Continue reading One Pot Too Many – Chicken Lo Mein:

“Let the world slide, let the world go; A fig for care, and a fig for woe! If I can’t pay, why I can owe, And death makes equal the high and low.” ~ John Heywood, 1500-something “That doesn’t sound like a Dishes kind of thing to cook.” ~ Co-worker, last week ”I know, right?”… Continue reading Balsamic-Fig Jam – Go Fig or Go Home

Where ya been Dishes?  Well guys, I know I may have mentioned (i.e. bitched about) this before, but blogging is hard.  I simply can’t get inspired every damn day to create some fantastic, blog-worthy recipe, or try out some complicated new technique.  And sometimes you just want the same-old same-old thing, even if it’s just… Continue reading Random Cooking Moments

Well it’s been forever since I made a pizza, hasn’t it?  Well, I’ve made some ‘zas, but mostly repeating my old favorite Chicago Deep Dish.  AND I don’t think I’ve done an authentic Italian one yet, so it’s time to try Sfincione – or Sicilian New Years Pizza.  (In Sicily it’s sfinciune – which I… Continue reading Ciao Time #12: Sfincione – Dishes tries, fails to Support the Troops.

Where ya been, Dishes?  Well dear readers, I could bore you with musings on my vacation and domestic problems… As a matter of fact I think I will.  I will try to keep it somewhat food related.  (Warning: graphic images attached that may not be suitable for all readers.) 1. I needed a vacation.  Bad.… Continue reading Vacation Musings:

“First I eat half a basket of the best strawberries in America.  Nobody has them but the Chinos.  Then I eat half a basket of the other best strawberries in America.  As long as I pretend to take notes, nobody gawks at my behavior.  Then I eat four orange cherry tomatoes.  Then I eat a… Continue reading Kazumi Chino’s Apricot Conserves (Stir Constantly)

While the dough continues to rise in the fridge, I turn my attention to Mr. Steingarten’s Tomato Sauce, and will make an attempt to be more concise, as describing this simple pizza is turning into a very long, very dull encyclopedia of my rambling thoughts. Problem:  Mr. S’s recipe makes a quart of sauce.  … Continue reading Ciao Time #11:  Neapolitan-American (Part 2)

Blogging is hard guys.  Believe it or not, I don’t always have brilliant insights or hilarious anecdotes to accompany my middling kitchen efforts.   Sometimes there are no disasters, epiphanies, or cutesy-poo pet stories to liven up my endless pictures of flour and canned tomatoes.  Sometimes I just cook something, and then eat it, and… Continue reading Ciao Time #10: Neapolitan-American