Starting a blog is a funny thing, and the reason Brian and I started Brooklyn Supper isn’t something I’d given much thought to over the past 3+ years. Caught up in the day-to-day of maintaining it, and carried along in the sea of great opportunities the blog has presented, I didn’t have a lot of time to reflect. But, when the awesome Sarah Bryden-Brown asked me to participate in her “My Life As a Blog” series, it was the perfect opportunity to look back. [Read more…]
apple blood orange buckle
Brian and I have both been burning the candle on both ends as well as at a couple points in the middle lately, so when we were invited to brunch with friends to meet their new baby, we needed something to bring that was delicious and, more importantly, easy to make. Looking around the kitchen the morning of, I saw the makings of blood orange apple buckle and that’s pretty good luck. [Read more…]
fennel, beet, and blood orange salad
This rainy, mild winter reminds me of being a kid: sitting in the back of my family station wagon, listening to rain drops on the roof and the squeak of the windshield wipers with the easy listening sounds of Carole King on the radio. Remember when the backseat could be the safest, coziest place in the world? What a bummer that grown-ups don’t really get to snuggle in the back seat very often.
potlikker soup with ham hock and egg noodles
One of my lesser New Year’s resolutions was to eat more cooked greens. For whatever reason (somewhere between an aversion to extra dishes and a hatred of soggy greens), I’ve never really cooked my greens. Until now. So far, I’ve blanched and sauteed, and without a soggy green in sight, I’m loving the results.
Besides, if you never cook your greens, you’ll never get potlikker. [Read more…]
Whole Wheat Pot Pie with Vegetables and Chicken
These pot pies were inspired by a vivid array of seasonal offerings spotted on a recent trip to the butcher. Besides meats, our neighborhood butcher has a nice selection of local foods and on this day I fell in love with a host of colorful winter vegetables. Purple carrots, golden beets, and pale rutabagas seemed dazzling there in the open cooler. So, we picked up some chicken thighs and headed home with our hearts set on pot pie. [Read more…]