Feed a Cold?
Or is it starve a cold? I can never remember. In any event I went to bed last night with a sore throat that only got worse through the night, feeling super achy just to top it all off. Oh, and my annoying upstairs neighbor decided that midnight was the time to break out his nonexistent karaoke skills. I think the correct term is caterwauling. It did NOT make me feel any better. I have to work on enacting my perfect revenge... This morning I still felt like crap so started downing cup after cup of hot tea and honey. It's amazing how much better that works than just drinking water. Hydration + sedation = tea. It helped, but was it going to be enough to keep whatever it was

Breakfast!
Since I still had some pumpkin puree leftover from my pumpkin pasta sauce, I decided that a quick and easy way to use it up would be to make some pumpkin pancakes. They would also make a great breakfast to have the day after Thanksgiving when you wake up starving because you went to bed so full (just me?). And it's at least a little more interesting than screaming, "Breakfast!" and then handing a box of cereal to your house guests. Plus, you'll need the extra energy for Black Friday (and your relatives). I sprinkled a few walnuts on top but I think that chopped pecans would be a great addition to the batt

Sage Advice
Hey, Whole Foods! Can you please tell your cashiers to NOT pack my fancy, fragile crackers in the bottom of my bag? Underneath the onions and celery and milk? That plastic clam shell isn't reinforced with titanium and I'd prefer whole crackers to a dusty pile of crumbs that have no better use than on top of a tuna casserole, and there's no way I'm making one of those. K? Thanks.Now that that's over...Thanksgiving is upon us and I've been mulling over what I should make for the feast.

Risotto Rosso
Part of the reason I like to make roast chicken (whether upside down or right side up) is because it gives me the ability to make a bunch of homemade stock with all of the leftover parts (probably not one of the abilities that you'll see featured on Heroes anytime soon). Having homemade broth on hand that I can use right away or freeze for later gives me the opportunity to make soups, stews, or risottos at the drop of a hat...or something.After making this past weekend's roast bird, I knew that I wanted to use the stock right away to make a risott

Got Roasterphobia?
I'm sorry. Clearly I watch too much TV, but there is something about that Perdue Roasterphobia intervention commercial that makes me laugh. I guess it's partly that it's true. Many people do fear roasting large cuts of meat or whole birds and also, whether or not you've ever participated in an actual intervention, there are enough reality shows out there that you might be familiar with the concept. It got me to thinking. With Thanksgiving approaching, why not practice roasting a smaller bird? There's really no difference between roasting a 3 pound chicken and a 14 pound turkey. You just use more butter.