Company coming for the holidays? This make-ahead brunch recipe will feed eight hungry guests. Serve it with a fresh fruit salad and coffee or tea. For a more festive beverage, open a chilled bottle of Champagne or prosecco, pour into flutes or wine glasses, and add a splash of fresh orange juice for mimosas. Savory […]
Winter squash is an enigma. It’s grown in the summer, harvested in the fall, yet gets it name from its ability to last on the shelf through our most bitter season. In terms of storage, the vegetable is a bit like Goldilocks—the refrigerator is too cold, a heated house too warm. A cool pantry or […]
On New Year’s Eve, most people want to indulge in a little Champagne. If you’re hosting an end-of-year soiree, treat your guests to appetizers that pair perfectly with bubbly. And there’s no rule that says you have to drink the same wine all night long, so create your own mixed case based on our picks […]
Hanukkah, the “Festival of Lights,” a wonderful holiday of the winter season. Although in Jewish tradition it remains a somewhat minor holiday, it continues to be a time of family, friends, fun dreidel games, presents for eight days and, of course, delicious food. Perhaps the best of the traditional fare are potato pancakes, aka latkes. […]
There are all kinds of cookies on the market: those in the store bakery that tempt you while the deli slices your turkey, the shelves full brand-name packages with ingredients you can’t pronounce, and even logs (conveniently chilled next to the milk) that you can slice for a quick fix. But, armed with some easy-to-make […]
Hold on to that last gasp of summer with this healthy, low-calorie recipe from Wilmette’s Depot Nuevo. It’s the perfect dish to accompany a margarita on the patio. Don’t skimp on ingredients; finding the freshest seafood is a must to optimize this dish. Ceviche 2/3 pound peeled, deveined raw shrimp 2/3 pound raw bay scallops […]
We all have one. That holiday cookie recipe that we make every year and claim is the best in town. This year, it’s time for a little recognition…enter your best holiday cookie recipe in our 2014 Cookie of the Year contest! Post your recipe, photo and a quick description of your cookies to our Facebook […]
While we were watching “Mad Men” last season, my husband asked if I would make the Yankee pot roast we were watching the family eat for their Sunday dinner. It did look very appetizing, so I gathered several pot roast recipes and developed one with ingredients I knew we liked. Instead of using carrots, I […]
Thanksgiving is one of our family’s favorite holidays. We are thankful that our children, their spouses and our grandson are coming here for the traditional turkey dinner. Over the years I have attempted to change one of the side dishes for something new, but I always get the same response: “Don’t change anything; we love […]
Though the traditional Thanksgiving meal centers around the turkey, it’s often the foods that surround it that are the tastiest at the table. In fact, turkey is the perfect silent partner to these star side dish recipes from top chefs on the North Shore and in Chicago. There are both simple and more intricate […]
