Prep Time: 25 minutes Serves: 4 For the Cocktail: In an old-fashioned glass, combine 2 ounces of the strawberry mixture and 2 ounces of vodka. Garnish with mint or sliced strawberries. Add ice and serve!
I’m always looking for recipes that require minimal effort, but maximize quality flavor. My friend Lisa Dobbs, a professional chef, refers to marinades as “the working girl’s secret weapon” and this is a great recipe to keep in your arsenal of good food made fast. It’s a savory combination of flavors – onions, ginger, garlic, a base of sesame and soy – a meal in a bowl that will fill you up. We ate this for lunch on a day […]
Prep Time: 20 minutes, plus 8 hours marinating time Serves: 4
I had an unusual experience the other day: I had to bake a pie while being interviewed about my childhood. It’s no big deal for food bloggers to make videos and talk about how to make food, but when you’re concentrating on crimping a pie crust while answering a question about what kind of adolescent you were, it can get weird. This all came about because a very nice filmmaker is making a documentary about former White House social secretaries, […]
Prep time: 20 minutes for the crust plus one hour to chill the dough, and 20 minutes to prepare the filling and finish the piecrust for baking. Serves: 1 eight-inch diameter pie serves 6 For the pie crust: For the pie filling:
