Recipes

Photo © Wolfgang Staudt, published under Creative Commons License. The first time I ate Greek yogurt, I was having breakfast at a taverna much like the one pictured above. The yogurt was so thick and rich I thought they'd served me sour cream by mistake. If you've...

Imagine yourself in the photo above. On first impulse, would you ride the donkey or strip down and swim in the ocean? Or would you rather head to the nearest five-star resort with a book? I have a theory. The way you will enjoy this soup...

White kitten photo © Charmian Christie I took this shot on the Greek island of Santorini years ago. A blue-eyed white kitten prowled the edge of a whitewashed wall on a cloudless day. Its eyes matched the sky and its fur matched the building. A picture...

I'm sitting on my bed eating the last slice(s) of frozen birthday cake. I'd stashed a few slivers of my ultra-rich devil's food cake in the freezer in case I had a "chocolate emergency." Guess what? For me, blogging about carob constitutes a two-slice chocolate...

In our family the birthday boy or girl gets to pick whatever they want for dinner regardless of what the rest of the family thinks. It doesn't matter how fussy, plain or weird the menu is. Birthday Person picks the meal. Thems is the rules. This...

Last week, Elizabeth Kricfalusi and I did a blog swap. She bravely told Christie's Corner readers about the challenges she encountered while developing a recipe for crepes, while I told Embrace Adventure readers about workshopping my play. Elizabeth is sharing the recipe for Black Forest Ice...

These days when you order a salad, the dressings choices are so varied they could have their own menu. But years ago, when I fell in love with this lemon-loaded version, the only competition was -- and had been for decades -- Italian, French, Thousand...

Truth be told, I'm not much of a pie fan. Despite my passion for dessert, I can walk away from most fruit pies without feeling the emotional tug that sends me to the cookie jar like cat hair to carpets. Until a few weeks ago,...

This salad takes almost as long to say as it does to prepare. The full name of this dish is -- deep breath -- Roasted Sweet Pepper Salad with Pine Nuts, Goat Cheese and Basil. Phew! That's practically the whole recipe. Another of Rose Reisman's gems...

Despite my recent obsession with desserts and coffee, I haven't forgotten the poll results. Some of you wanted side dishes, so I'll be serving some up vegetable options over the next week. In winter, I'm happy with some steamed veggies to soak up the sauce from...