recipes

The last of the three desserts Ardith prepared for us last Friday. Tomorrow: the main course!

Here’s the second of Ardith’s three desserts.

The first Friday of the month is “guest chef” lunch at work. Ardith Ketchum, who schooled me in the muffin bake-off made three soups and three sweet breads. The food was fabulous, and she’s graciously let me post her recipes this week.

A “pox party” is where parents deliberately infect their kids with chicken pox so they’ll become immune sooner than later. We had planned to have two one-child families over for dinner Saturday evening, but Family A decided to send their kid to a pox party earlier in the week. My kids had the vaccination, but

When I wasn’t enjoying the fine arsenal last year at my dad’s house, I was hanging around the kitchen savoring his meatball sandwiches. I had the opportunity yesterday to make them here last night. The recipe is fairly simple, relying on long, slow-cooking to blend the flavors. When my dad makes it, he’ll start the

It was serindipitous that a long-time friend of mine is in town as the Alaskan Copper River Salmon is available in stores. For dinner tonight, I made salmon with a soy-maple marinade, a fruit salad (raspberries, Rainier cherries and peaches), and rigatoni and cheese (for our salmon-averse children). The recipes…

We’ve been frustrated by the poor quality of tortillas available in the grocery store. Trader Joe’s’ are okay, but require advanced planning. It takes the same amount of time to make our own, fresh, as it does to run to Trader Joe’s and buy theirs. Flour Tortillas – Makes 12; www.wt8p.com 3 C flour 2