Have you ever caramelized oranges? It’s one of my favorite ways to cook with citrus. When drizzled in quality olive oil and roasted just right, their sweet flavor deepens beautifully and intensifies. A dark sticky-sweetness cloaks the fruit and enhances the flavor profile of the entire dish. Blood oranges are…
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Slow Cooker Pantry Chicken Chili
It’s that time of the year when long-simmered soups, stews and chilies are my go-to recipes. My braising pots are on full rotation, as is my slow cooker. In keeping with the recipes of this blustery season, I’m sharing my Slow Cooker Pantry Chicken Chili recipe. This slow cooker recipe…
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Arancini
Today we’re hunkered down at home waiting for a snowstorm to hit the east coast and frying up some arancini to snack on. Translated, arancini simply means “little oranges,” aptly named for their appearance.
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Citrus & Olive Salad
This citrus and olive salad is a sweet and tangy, colorful, full flavored and incredibly simple recipe to brighten up a winter’s day. Beautiful crimson blood oranges (though naval or cara cara will certainly do) are balanced beautifully by marinated red onions, oil-cured black olives, and a robust extra virgin…
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Rigatoni with Dark Cocoa and Red Wine Short Ribs
“Chocolate, the ‘food of the gods,’ conquered not just the candy shop, but also the kitchen.” – Riccardo Magni Don’t make the mistake of thinking this rigatoni with dark cocoa and red wine short ribs is a chocolate-y or sweet pasta dish, it’s absolutely not. Not even close. Savory and…