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How To Make Skillet Dinner Rolls

April 13, 2010 (Updated March 20, 2014) by Drew Kime

This recipe can easily be done in a pie plate, which is what most recipes call for. But the cast iron skillet evens out the temperature, so all the rolls are evenly cooked without any hot spots. If your pan is seasoned at all well, the rolls will also release easier than from any pie plate I've ever seen. That includes "non-stick" pie plates. And did I mention, they're absolutely delicious? Yeah, I probably should have started with that: They're delicious. The kids made us promise not to eat … [Read more...]

How To Make Pizzelles

April 6, 2010 (Updated March 20, 2014) by Drew Kime

Dessert recipe card

Pizzelles are a classic Italian treat, so they're super easy to find at most grocery stores, and certainly at any Italian market. But unless you've got a great market that does a ton of volume (Yay for Alesci's) you don't know how long that package has been sitting on the shelf. I held off on making my own pizzelles for a long time, afraid they'd take too much practice to get them right. It turns out, but the third or fourth pair I was on a roll. Have you ever had a pizzelle hot from the … [Read more...]

How To Make Stone Soup

April 1, 2010 (Updated November 18, 2013) by Drew Kime

Dinner, Soup recipe card

One day a stranger came to my house. She said her name was Ana, and said that she was very hungry. She asked if I had any food that she could have. I said that I didn't have anything prepared, and asked if she had any ideas. She said, "I think you should make Stone Soup." "Stone Soup?" I asked. "I've never heard of Stone Soup. Can you tell me how to make it?" "Sure," Ana said. "All we need is this stone ... " "... and maybe a few other things ... just to make it extra special." … [Read more...]

How To Make Asparagus and Shrimp Salad

March 30, 2010 (Updated March 20, 2014) by Drew Kime

Dinner, Fish, Salad recipe card, Undieting

Wait! Don't click away yet. You might think you don't like asparagus. Or you like it, but think that using it as the base of a salad -- and pairing it with shrimp, no less -- doesn't sound all that great. But trust me on this one. This was a leap of faith for me, too. My wife had a version of this at a nice restaurant. She came home raving about it, and I just couldn't imaging it tasting good. But I trusted her. (Or at least I trusted that yes, she liked it.) So we made this. Omigawd. Wow. … [Read more...]