‘Main Courses’ Archive

Spiced Swedish Meatballs November 25, 2009 5 Comments

Spiced Swedish Meatballs


I love this meatball recipe because it’s a delicious wintertime comfort food.
I love this meatball recipe because of how simple it is to make.
I love this meatball recipe because people have literally demanded to know how the meatballs can be so impossibly tender.
I love this meatball recipe because the majority of the cooking time is hands-off: no skillet browning!
Most of all, [...]

Crêpes Are for Everyone July 16, 2009 12 Comments

Basic Crêpes

Crêpes satisfy the part in my heart that is obsessed with paper.   So soft, thin, and light, you could almost send a crêpe as a wedding invitation, layered with vellum and scrolled up with a silk ribbon.  Their forgiving, slightly stretchy quality makes them easy to fill and roll up, too.  They even open back up [...]