I have been cooking my way through Michelle Maistro’s The Gastronomy of Marriage: A Memoir of Food and Love, which is a fabulous, easy, quick read.  I love this cream cheese crust and walnut or pecan pie filling... and children love the novel idea of mini pies (or mini tarts really).  These are great for ...

I have been cooking my way through Michelle Maistro’s The Gastronomy of Marriage: A Memoir of Food and Love, which is a fabulous, easy, quick read.  My mother made something VERY similar to Michelle Maistro's roommates recipe for Corn Pudding.  It is super simple, inexpensive, and amazingly delicious.  This is my go-to cornbread recipe for ...

I have been cooking my way through Michelle Maistro’s The Gastronomy of Marriage: A Memoir of Food and Love, which is a fabulous, easy, quick read.  Maistro's recipe for Cream Puffs is very easy, but looks extremely impressive... what a great dish to bring over to your friends or family... or if you want to ...

I have been cooking my way through Michelle Maistro's The Gastronomy of Marriage: A Memoir of Food and Love, which is a fabulous, easy, quick read.  I have started from the back and worked forward, starting with Michelle Maistro's Stuffed Eggplant, which came out great! aubergine from Crestock Creative Photos Michelle Maistro's Stuffed Eggplant Recipe from The ...

Thanks to Tal Ronnen, we can now make fake cheese at home with cashews.  The recipe for this non-dairy, vegan cheese is in Ronnen's book, "The Conscious Cook: Delicious Meatless Recipes That Will Change the Way You Eat."  I made this one afternoon when one of my lactose intolerant friends was coming over, and not ...

Tal Ronnen has a way of taking vegetables and making them so delicious that anyone could become vegan!  Ronnen's recipe for Braised Kale in "The Conscious Cook: Delicious Meatless Recipes That Will Change the Way You Eat" is simple, delicious and a great side dish for his Cornmeal Crusted Tempeh with Smoked Tomato Sauce, Green ...

Tal Ronnen uses tempeh to make a super flavorful Mexican dish in "The Conscious Cook: Delicious Meatless Recipes That Will Change the Way You Eat".  Tal's recipe for Cornmeal Crusted Tempeh with Smoked Tomato Sauce, Green Chile Relish, Black Bean Puree and Braised Kale is wonderful "as-is", but if I am in a time crunch ...

What a wonderful side dish Tal Ronnen has come up with in The Conscious Cook: Delicious Meatless Recipes That Will Change the Way You Eat.  It is a fabulous companion for his Old Bay Tofu Crab Cake recipe!  If you are making this in the winter or when you cannot get good fresh corn, I ...

I cannot say enough about Tal Ronnen's book, The Conscious Cook: Delicious Meatless Recipes That Will Change the Way You Eat.  I am far from a vegetarian, much less a vegan, but even carnivores will LOVE what Tal Ronnen teaches.  The idea of cashew cream has changed my world.  One of my best friends is ...

Tal Ronnen, author of The Conscious Cook: Delicious Meatless Recipes That Will Change the Way You Eat, has taken the world of vegan cooking and vegan food and shown how delicious, beautiful and easy it can be.  The Conscious Cook was a top selling cookbook for weeks and Tal Ronnen has been the personal chef ...