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09/16/11 • BIG BISCUIT SANDWICH From the July 21, 2011 New York Times (click here to view the recipe) This has been an intense deadline week for me. I normally like to have a new recipe out to all of you by Thursday morning, but here it is Friday at 8:00 am and I am only now getting a chance to sit down at my computer and focus on this week’s posting. Regrettably, that’s happening from the exceedingly cramped quarter

06/17/11 • DUTCH BABY PANCAKE From the Dec., 2010 GQ Here’s something I’ve noticed about recipes in men’s magazines: they’re generally easy to prepare while offering a big payoff in the flavor department. I guess it’s not that surprising given their audience—If you want to interest most guys in cooking, there better be minimal effort with maximum reward. While I don’t necessarily fall within that category, I apprecia

05/20/11 • SCRAMBLED EGGS, JEWISH-STYLE From the April/May, 2011 Fine Cooking (click here to view the recipe) Although matzo brei (or “fried matzo” as it was commonly known in my house) was a weekend breakfast staple when I was growing up, it’s one of those things from childhood that I’d pretty much forgotten about — that is until I discovered a recipe for it in the April/May issue of Fine Cooking. As soo