This weekend I had a craving for pasta and decided to try a dish I have been looking at for awhile. It is Bucatini All’Amatriciana. I found a recipe from Babbo New York by Mario Batali. The dish is named for the tiny town of Amatrice in Italy. I made many revisions based on what [...]
Happy New Year from Adventures in the Kitchen!
January 2, 2009 By 1 Comment
What a year 2008 was. It was the birth year of this blog and held many cooking adventures for me. I hope to improve my writing on this site and provide more interesting photos. I want to focus on tasty but inexpensive meals and on cooking light. Well, at least for some of the meals. [...]
Filet of Beef with Gorgonzola Cream Sauce
November 17, 2008 By 9 Comments
So, I am obviously not making the daily blog entry I had set as a goal. Yesterday I shopped and planned for a meal to make for my friends and post here at Adventures in the Kitchen. I was excited to share one of my favorite crowd pleasers with you, Ina Garten’s Filet of Beef [...]
Meyer Lemon Cranberry Scones
November 14, 2008 By 2 Comments
Everywhere I went yesterday the stores were already decorated for Christmas. How crazy is that? I want to enjoy fall and Thanksgiving before crossing into the Christmas season. Except for Christmas music. I had a roommate in my twenties and in October we would close all the windows and blare our favorite Christmas music. Seriously [...]
Martha Blogs
October 8, 2008 By
Recently Martha Stewart aired a show on blogging and included several food bloggers including Matt of Matt Bites. She also created a contest asking people to leave their blog name and site and link back to her blog entry. She will select several blogs to feature on her own blog, The Martha Blog. I have [...]
Kebab Day at Adventures in the Kitchen
September 11, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The party continues…For the main portion of the appetizers I served beef and chicken skewers. The beef marinade was a yummy mix of brown sugar, thai red curry paste, honey and soy. A sweet and spicy sauce that plays off the beef and pineapple. It would be great on chicken too! I decided on this [...]
Yucatan Chicken Skewers with Peanut Red Chile BBQ Sauce
August 21, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Being a self confessed Food Network junkie I have watched Bobby Flay for year and made a few of his dishes. Last fall I visited Mesa Grill while on a trip to NYC and was blown away by the flavor in all of the dishes. When I came home I bought his Mesa Grill Cookbook, [...]
Mixed Greens with Honey Basil Dressing
July 23, 2008 By 1 Comment
Summer makes me crave tasty salads. With an abundance of fresh fruit and vegetables it is easy to put together a light summer salad. When it is hot out the last thing you want to do is heat up your kitchen or cook over a hot stove. One of my favorite salads is one from [...]
