Author: writinstuff
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Pan-Fried Rainbow Trout & Sweet Corn
One of the things I miss most about being near my grandmothers and my home in Chicago is a good fish fry. Of course you can find them just about everywhere, but everyone does food their own way and when I have a craving for fried fish—which isn’t often—I want it the way my taste…
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Banana & Apple Walnut Bread
I have a problem. I can follow a cake, bread or pie recipe with the best of’em. I can even create my own sweet concoctions—bacon and maple cupcakes, anyone?—but my problem is, I just can’t make them attractive. I guess it’s something I’ve learned to live with since I’ve eaten many a meal or dessert…
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Buttery Whipped Rosemary Potatoes
If I were marooned on an island with Brad Pitt, okay the Brad Pitt part isn’t necessary but it’s my island fantasy and why not have my childhood (fine! adult crush too) crush there with me? Anyway…alone on an island with Brad Pitt. The only thing I’d need other than his masculine goodness is…potatoes. It…
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Chunky Tomato Shell-sagna
One of things I dislike about traditional lasagna is that all the ingredients sink to the middle when you cut into it, so generally I avoid it. I don’t mind the time it takes to chop and assemble all the ingredients, but I do mind not getting every ingredient in one bite. So I decided…
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Wild Shitake Risotto
Whenever I’m in the mood for something that is quick to make but tastes like it took hours, I turn to risotto. Ever since I watched Rachel Ray make it on 30-Minute Meals years ago and saw how easy it was to make, I’ve been hooked. The best thing about risotto is that you can…
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Very Berry Shortcake
I recently had a bad craving for strawberry shortcake, probably because it is strawberry season here and about every few kilometers you can find a stand selling them. The air is filled with the almost sickeningly sweet scent of strawberries and I just had to have them. So I bought some with the plan to…
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Double Onion & Garlic Pizza
I pride myself on being a fairly health-conscious eater, but being from Chicago the craving for pizza sometimes is just…unbearable. Rather than suffer the cardboard greasiness found in the big pizza giants, I always choose to do it myself. If I have yeast on hand I’ll even make my own dough using this recipe by…
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Green & White Nachos
When I was a child my granny used to make beans a lot, especially dry beans. Maybe it was the beginning of my mild OCD but I used to love helping her sift through the beans, discarding the gross ones. That was my introduction into dry beans; before then I only knew of canned beans.…
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Creamy French Onion Soup
Since the weather here in Stuttgart doesn’t seem to be anywhere near Spring-like figured it was time to revisit a soup that I’ve only grown to love as an adult. A few years ago I lived in Boston and enjoyed many of the best things the city has to offer, including lunch and Shakespeare in…
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Pear & Maasdam Ciabatta Sammies
When it comes to making food I find that the most difficult meal to be creative with is lunch. As a kid I would be content with a grilled cheese or a bologna (YUCK) sandwich with Miracle Whip. As an adult however, my tastes have improved…a lot. And now that I no longer suck down…
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The Spicy Spatula 
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