This Old Chef

We all have our favorite batters for fish, for onion rings, for whatever.  But I’m about to blow your mind, without taking your beloved batter away from you. 

Use whatever (wet) batter and battering method you like.  And then..... 

Dip…

I know I’ve given you A LOT of risotto recipes over the years.  But this one is so simple, so delicious, and so Spring-in-a-Bowl, that I think you may forgive me. 

Make my basic risotto... https://thisoldchef.com/blogs/blog-recipes/posts/perfect-risotto-at-home-with-chicken-and-tarragon

About 3 minutes before…

I have recently come to the conclusion that if you can lay out the money and have the freezer space, buying large cuts of meat is the way to go.  Not crazy large like a whole cow or anything.  But…

We were both craving something spicy.  The week had been hellacious...

And it was only Wednesday.

So, though Asia seemed to be calling, making a big pot of rice held less than no appeal.

Hmmm...

I heated a can of…

Sometimes, a tiny little thing changes something from good... to classic. 

Last night, I decided to make tuna cakes.  It’s one of our favorites, and it generally leans, or leaps, in a vaguely Asian direction. 

But I also had some…

Happy St. Patrick's Day! 

I know, I know... but the family names are McCann, Kavanagh, McCullough, Shannon, Murphy, O'Gara... 

Clearly... I have no choice.

And in these strange times, it seems we have no choice but to spend more time…

I'm really ready to move on from the wild Ups and Downs of 2019, but I'm also grateful to have seen my recipes published in Food & Wine magazine for the first time, and on a number of great digital…

Mother's other "famous" Christmas cookie contribution was the "Melting Moment."

I know these are seriously out of fashion... but I don't care...

The texture is sooooooooo different from most cookies... because of the cornstarch.  But it's the very, very lemony…

Forgive me.

The switch from "after Thanksgiving" foods to Christmas prep can induce whiplash...

And now it's mid-December!

So let's get going, people...  Over the next few days, we'll be re-posting our greatest Christmas cookie hits.

You're welcome!

(And please…

This experiment from last Thanksgiving will definitely be making a repeat appearance on our table this year!  It's staggeringly good, if I do say so myself...)

As always, this year I'm determined to come up with some new ways to…