Roast Turkey in February

I knew it wasn’t Thanksgiving but I couldn’t resist the turkeys that were on sale at Meijer a couple of weeks ago. I bought a 16 pound turkey and put it on a sheet pan in the refrigerator downstairs. That’s were it stayed downstairs in the basement and downstairs in my mind until about two…

Garlic Bread For The Ages

Scary how time flies isn’t it? When Katie ask for this recipe I realized I had been making this garlic bread for almost 30 years. I was in my 20’s and living in Columbus and getting Bon Appetit magazine when I read an article about the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California at the end…

Sheet Pan Many Ways

  Jonathan here is your request for Sheet Pan Chicken with Shallots and Grapes that I found on the New York Times Cooking Site.  I highly recommend this site.  The Times let you have free access for quite a while but it is so worthwhile to me that I pay the $5 monthly fee. This…

How I made a delicious meal in 19 minutes.

All of you know how much I love cooking but even for me cooking everyday can seem like a chore.  Several weeks ago I had been painting all day and then I wanted to head out to yoga.  “Maybe I’ll pick up some dinner on the way home.” Had been the thought going throughout my…

Crunchy Pasta

Originally posted on Cuisine for Katie and the Boys:
Hungry? Need something in a hurry?  Need to fix something inexpensive but still tasty? Do I have the recipe for you!  I saw this first in Smitten Kitchen‘s Every Day Cookbook.  I saw something similar on the New York Times Cooking Site and I’ve read different variations.  I called…

Crunchy Pasta

Hungry? Need something in a hurry?  Need to fix something inexpensive but still tasty? Do I have the recipe for you!  I saw this first in Smitten Kitchen‘s Every Day Cookbook.  I saw something similar on the New York Times Cooking Site and I’ve read different variations.  I called it crunchy pasta because of the delicious breadcrumbs, but…

Buckeye Bars

  Not only are we Buckeyes by birth but most of us are Buckeyes by degrees…so far we have 4 Buckeye degrees with more to come, right Jonathan? These history of these bars though begins at another of our favorite places…Camp Arcadia in Michigan, yes I wrote the M word.  Your Dad loves these bars…

Spicy Goodness

How does time fly so fast and where has the summer gone?  Katie’s in Aspen and I’ve been there twice, once in a beige VW with my mother as co-pilot while driving across the USA without my driver’s license.  Jonathan at home slaving away at Wyandot…is there really a snack emergency all across these States…

Hello Katie and my hungry sons

  Katie you are about to embark on a major adventure.  Feeding yourself, this is the  first time in twenty years that you will be completely and totally responsible for deciding what you eat.  So far, I as your parent, and your school have been primarily responsible for the cooking and the cleaning up.  Now…