Full disclosure: This recipe isn’t mine. It was shared on the 10! Show on NBC Philadelphia last week by John Brandt-Lee, the chef/owner of my favorite restaurant Avalon in West Chester, PA (and now a 2nd outpost in Downingtown called Avalon Pasta Bistro that for some reason I haven’t yet […]
It’s been years since I shared something tasty from the OWTK recipe box. I value family dinnertime so much, so I hope to make this a more frequent feature. I do make some kick-ass food after all. Recent Facebook banter about spicing up the family mealtime routine got me thinking […]
OWTK’s Helpful Ideas #3 – Improving Restaurant Kid’s Menus As much as I love cooking, I luuuuuv dining out. There is, after all, only so much I can do in my kitchen: Pan sauces, sorta. Succulent scallops, iffy. Apple cider doughnut bread pudding, not a chance. Plus, I’m always up […]
A house favorite. This one, like most crabcake recipes, is extremely simple, easy and quick. Very kid friendly. Here is what you are going to need: Makes 6 nice size cakes, serving 3 adults (or two adults and two kids). 1/2 lb of backfin/lump/jumbo lump crabmeat1 heaping tbspn of stone […]
As mentioned here on OWTK, Tuesday was Take Back Your Time Day. The other movement promoted in conjunction with that one day initiative was Reclaim Family Dinnertime and to celebrate this effort, OWTK sat down as a family (as we normally do) and enjoyed Mrs. OWTK’s homemade Chili. She cannot […]
Driving the one hour from Portland to Monmouth, with visions of Chowder still swimming in my head, was rough. The combination of a hearty meal, the warmth of a summer sun, and the 7+ hours already spent behind the wheel nearly made it necessary to pry my eyelids open with […]
