BVC Eats: Cilantro-chipotle pesto
This quick-and-dirty salsa tastes incredibly fresh and green. Fabulous on the first tacos of spring, a celebration of that moment when you realize you’ve survived
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BVC Eats: Failed Chewy Grains
Well, that didn’t work. I tried adapting a recipe yesterday and it was a total frost. THE RIGHT WAY Normally I do this: ¾ cup
BVC Eats: Chorizo empanadas
JEN’S CHORIZO EMPANADAS Quick’n’dirty, delicious, no leftovers! Makes four to six empanadas. Preheat oven to 350 or 375oF Microwave 1 lb chorizo for 4 to
BVC Eats: Jennifer Stevenson’s Mexican Casserole
This stuff will kill you, but you won’t care. It’s intense, dense, and more-ish. Resist the temptation to add more ingredients, because your casserole will
BVC Eats: Cheesy hash brown casserole a.k.a. “Funeral Potatoes”
Here is a tump* recipe I got off the back of a bag of hash browns and then messed with. There are no rules with
BVC Eats: Chipotle-garlic potatoes
I had this first in a restaurant in Miller, Indiana. It blew me away. This is my approximation. This serves four people, with leftovers. 1
BVC Eats: Fresh green pea soup
I made this soup up out of my head after I read in a Georgette Heyer novel about a chef who, though he could of
BVC Eats: Boozy chocolate trifle
this dessert is highly alcoholic serves twelve to fifteen drunks 2 to 3 lb. pound cake -Chocolate marble poundcake is best. -You can substitute any
BVC Eats: I Love My Blender
One of the nicest things my husband ever bought me was a blender. (I know, right? All those jokes about the husband who buys his
BVC Eats: Black-eyed peas and ham hocks
I much prefer fresh black-eyed peas to dried and reconstituted. The fresh ones are much finer and creamier in texture, and never grainy. You can
BVC Eats: Better corn bread
My husband recently entered a bake-off with the cast and crew of Motown: The Musical at the Oriental Theater in Chicago. Bless him, he wanted to enter
Damn Yankee Chicken Pie
Damn Yankee Chicken Pie In 1939 my Aunt Bec (Bessie) made the long and perilous train journey from rural Alabama to New England. She needed
BVC Eats: Beef stew with dried guajillo chiles
My supermercado, Rogers Park Fruit Market, is a continual inspiration to me. I was in there Wednesday getting the usual stuff and as usual browsing
