Spicy Chipotle-Lime Ketchup

This dip was a hit this weekend when we had folks over to watch the fight. I served it as one of the companions to my Crispy Sesame Chicken Nibbles. The cold, garlicky ketchup was a...

How to Make Buttermilk Biscuits

These are super easy to make. If you have a food processor or mixer, you can throw them together in less than 10 minutes. If you don't, it will take just a wee bit longer...

Creamy Roasted Butternut Squash Soup

This soup takes a while to make, but very little of that time is actually spent standing over the stove. Chunks of butternut squash, sweet onion, and elephant garlic are slow roasted in the oven...

How to Make Buttermilk Pancakes

I've had a surprising number of people tell me they have a really hard time making pancakes at home. Here's how I make my buttermilk pancakes, which I whipped up for The Angry Chef just...

8-Cheese Macaroni & Cheese

I have three words for you: ultimate comfort food. Cover anything in cheese, and I'm generally a really happy mouse. The more cheese, the better. Eight cheeses? Now that's my idea of heaven on earth. Now,...

Quick & Creamy Tomato Soup

I don't know if this happens to anyone else, but when the weather turns colder, my inner eight-year-old starts to crave Campbell's tomato soup and grilled cheese. Here's my grown-up version. This frequently shows up on...

Garlicky White Beans, Two Ways: Dip & Creamy Soup

I have a great—and relatively newfound—love for white beans. (See? I do eat more than meat.) Here are two of my favorite ways to prepare them. The first recipe is for a thick dip that's...

Old-Timey Sunday Waffles

These waffles are crunchy on the outside and egg-y and moist on the inside. The Angry Chef and I both like ours slathered with thin slices of cold butter and dripping with good, local maple...

Spinach Raviolis with Aged Gorgonzola and Shaved Pear

This dinner is really easy to make—but looks and tastes like you spent hours slaving in the kitchen. The contrasting flavors and textures of a few good, fresh ingredients make this meal something special. Earilier...

Roasted Rosemary-Garlic Acorn Squash

This has got to be my favorite way to cook squash, short of doing that kind-of-horrifying-but-still-embarrassingly-yummy thing where you mash it up with butter then bake it under a snowy blanket of marshmallows. Think of...