I stumbled across this Jacques Torres recipe at Martha Stewart. Though it specifies bittersweet or semisweet, milk chocolate would be just as delicious. A combination of bread and pastry flour (maybe a touch of whole wheat), plus the secret of refrigerating the dough (thank you, NY Times), makes these cookies chewy, beautiful, and texturally interesting.
If you take advantage of what can be done in advance, you could easily whip up Chicken with Balsamic Figs and Roasted Potato Wedges on a school night.
You could easily add more vegetables to this Beef, Barley, and Mushroom Stew if you wanted … peas and potatoes come to mind easily.
“Latte Corretto” is a term I invented to describe what happens when you add steamed milk to a caffè corretto. I came upon the idea when I was gifted a box of Anthon Berg Chocolate Liqueurs.
Kalua Pork with Cabbage in a Slow Cooker is a great recipe for some serious, Hawaiian comfort food. Contains liquid smoke and soy sauce. Reheats perfectly.
Ridman’s Coffee in Uptown or Ravenswood – hard to know for sure – Chicago … at least we know it’s in Chicago, even if we’re not sure which neighborhood.
Happy New Year! 2020!
Ridiculously Easy, Insanely Meaty Pasta: comfort food with the power to turn your “I just got home from work” into “and I might just not go back tomorrow.”
Pork tenderloin medallions with ancho-chile mole sauce, plantains, pineapple, and sweet potato. Yeah, it’s a lot to take in … but wow!