Stephanie Klein Greek Tragedy

Am I the only one psycho enough to bake a Whiteout cake after baking a Blackout cake from scratch, fearing that the dark chocolate cake will be too rich to take?
Had I been a planner, I’d have baked the…

Some people say that playing favorites is a bad thing. They are not my type of people. What I have below are completely random, but honest, food thoughts, which I must document, or they will be gone forever.
1) The…

I threw the question up there on Facebook, then doubled back to the list the next time my house needed stocking. Based on the suggestions of friends, he’s what I plucked.

Trader Joe’s Peach Salsa: I love sweet with my…

I can’t be alone in this. Tonight was to be pork chops smothered with spiced apples, served over bacon-laced grits.
When a recipe calls for pork, say, to be pounded into half-inch cutlets, I’m incapable of eyeballing it. I keep…

When I worked in advertising, I was especially bothered by emails suggesting my calendar be blocked off for a “postmortem.” After a campaign or new business pitch, we’d gather in a conference room to discuss the breakdown of communication, the…

Make-ahead. Do-ahead. I’m all about it this year, whatever I can do to make everything and anything in advance. I’m rolling out the pie dough (vodka in lieu of water!), pre-baking the casseroles, and even assembling the stuffing and dressings.…

I long for connectedness, wanting to hold on to the people of whom I’ve let go. In a move, in growing up, across the country, across time, I think that’s what we do when we cook. We don’t only connect…

Roundup. It’s an appropriate enough word all right. A roundup of the best dishes and drinks is exactly what your round rump needs as it hides in lumpy corduroy. Current weight: 140 lbs. Rounded up to the nearest whole number.…