Author Archive for mogan

Potato, Spinach, and Bacon Soup

This is a pretty quick, and very delicious recipe made from left over ingredients I had from various other cooking sessions, including baby yukon gold potatoes from a poached salmon dish, spinach left over from a side salad for a…

Soups for the Soul

“A good soup is like a hug for your soul from the inside.” Winters in the north east can get cold … and I mean really cold.  Depending on where you are, the temperature can get down to the single…

Halloween Bones! (via foodmayhem.com)

Make no bones about it. Halloween is the unofficial start of the eating season. And while the holidays don’t officially begin until Thanksgiving, the parties will certainly kick off with the onset of the sugar rush starting with the costume…

Fiber

“it is unequivocally the most painful experience I’ve ever gone through, more painful and debilitating than childbirth.”   For the last two months I have been recovering from some gastrointestinal (“GI”) issues which included among other things, a GI infection…

Interesting Grilling

One of my favorite things to do during the summer is to head out to the yard (yes, I have one … in the city!) and fire up the grill. I’m lucky that our building has one, and not just…

Happy Hump Day!

Who said you can’t play with your food! Just a cute picture to get your day started from our friends at Brooklyn Fare Kitchen & Market. Also visit them on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Brooklyn-Fare-Kitchen-Market/105845076110802

200 Calorie Portraits

I love art, especially when it can teach us something. I also love food. Due to some recent complications and also in an effort to try to be healthier, I’ve had to be much more conscious about what and how…

Portable Key Lime Pies

With summer upon us, picnics, bbq’s, and other various outings which involve communing over food are being scheduled in full swing. If you’re like me, you want to bring something nice and personal, but at the same time something that…

Packaging and Product

The title of this article may be a little misleading because this will not be an article which extols the virtues of packaging for a product. No, sadly, this will be an article which admonishes consumerism, and encourages “connoisseurism”.  …

Kale Chips

I guess when talking about recipes, it’s a bit of a faux pas to talk about ingredients which are not in season. It probably conveys some sort of ignorance about your ingredients, and for those of us with access to…