Dawna in the Kitchen

It has not been a stellar summer, here in the permanently damp Pacific Northwest. August, usually our go-to month for griping about the h...

I'm taking advantage of the cooler weather today to make Pirate Granola, which I have already shown on this site, so I thought that I wo...

I don't recall eating any meatloaf in Spain. I do recall albondigas , the wonderful little meatballs, which I mostly encountered as tap...

I love interesting salads, and summer seems to be the time when they really come out to play. I've made much of lentil salads , and cou...

I've been wanting a good Coconut Ginger Noodle recipe for some time. Variations abound online, but they often contain strange ingredi...

It's not bread in the sandwichy-way, which may be immediately noticable from the photograph. Rather, it's bread in the tea-time way...

Upon seeing the original recipe ("Cheddar Cheese Risotto" in Nigella Express), I couldn't help but wonder what it would be lik...

I absolutely hate discovering that I have allowed good food to go bad in my fridge. At least a portion of my weekly cooking involves some s...

Even if summer isn't quite ready for me. In summer, I'm always fighting dehydration. Water is essential, of course, but really, a...

Now, where was I? Oh, yes. Breakfasts . I must protest the suggestion that eggs are culinary velcro. While you can certainly add almost...