Fabulous wild rice salad with chicken.

This beautiful salad with wild rice and roasted chicken is hearty enough for dinner (add some nice crusty bread and a glass of white wine).

Granddad’s granola.

Thumbing through my ancient recipe box recently, I found my grandfather’s homemade granola recipe, which is truly delicious.

2011: the best in food.

From my kitchen to yours, a few of my favorite recipes & food trends from 2011. Cheers!

Holiday food gift: fig-thyme jam.

For several deeply held reasons, I am attempting to scale back the scope of Christmas (at least the spending and gifting parts of Christmas) in favor of a quieter, simpler, more loving approach. Because I have …

Better than store-bought: compound butter.

I regularly have herb butter on hand in the freezer—so last weekend when Rob grilled some good steaks, I topped each one with a sliver of basil-garlic butter made with ingredients from my garden. My herb …

Recipe revamp: fall granola.

I posted back in May of this year about finding the perfect homemade granola recipe after much sampling and experimenting. And just to prove that cooking is, indeed, one big experiment, I’ll share a seasonal revamp …

Homemade chocolate pudding (you’re welcome).

This is the best recipe for homemade chocolate pudding I’ve found: it’s fairly simple and, more to the point, beyond delicious.

Summer tomato jam.

My mom, knowing me as well as she does, gave me a copy of a Better Homes and Gardens special publication that’s all about canning. There are a ton of interesting recipes for homemade jams, jellies …