• Autumn

    Roasted Parmesan Acorn Squash

    Acorn squash, hinted with warm nutmeg and herbs, butter-roasted and caramelized with a dusting of parmesan until crisp and golden. Harvested in autumn and in season through winter, acorn squash is an acorn-shaped, dark green winter squash, with deep ridges that run from the tip to the base. Unlike its…

  • Autumn

    Election Cake

    Your Civic Duty Never Tasted So Good. A dense, fragrant, bread-like cake recipe, dotted with boozy dried currants, mixed raisins, and warmed with spices.  The history of election cake reveals an American tradition that has been mostly lost to history. Regardless of your political affiliation, reward yourself (and your right…

  • Autumn

    Stuffed Chicken with Apples

    Stuffed chicken with apples is my adaptation of pintade farcie aux pommes, stuffed guinea fowl with apples, from the Normandy region of France.  I opted to use locally raised chickens instead and swapped out the traditional beef and pork stuffing for my butcher’s homemade sweet Italian sausage. Sausage, onions, and…

  • Autumn

    Rustic Cinnamon Apple Twisted Bread

    Rustic and whimsical.  Twisted and curved.  Layered with soft butter, brown sugar and cinnamon, and studded with bits of apple; this sweet apple bread recipe bakes up with the intoxicating aroma you’d anticipate from a warm autumnal treat. Despite its intricate appearance, this apple bread recipe is one of the…