by Julie du Pont | Oct 24, 2012 | Main
While not the prettiest of dinner plates, the kids (and adults) sure do line up for seconds of this Milk Braised Pork Shoulder.  It’s the perfect Sunday Supper for the fall.   A Tuscan tradition that is both savory and delicious. In fact, last Sunday I felt like...				
					 
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Julie du Pont | Oct 21, 2012 | Main, Side
Today was one of those days that will most certainly make me smile during the middle of my work week when I think about it.  The 60s temperature, clear skies, slight breeze and late afternoon beauty light made an early evening supper with close friends a must.  Front...				
					 
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Julie du Pont | Oct 19, 2012 | Main, Week Night
I work.  I commute.  I cook.  Five days a week.  Ok, sometimes I cook just four.  Some nights, the only thing I can muster up the energy to make is meat sauce over zucchini and farfalle.  It’s my “one step away from ordering a pizza” meal. So let me...				
					 
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Julie du Pont | Oct 15, 2012 | Main, Salad
This hearty, flavorful, yet superfood packed warm butternut squash salad with arugula is a seasonal delight.  It gives you a little bit of everything.  The candied sweetness of the squash, the more bitter sweetness of the dried cranberries, the spicyness of the...				
					 
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Julie du Pont | Oct 14, 2012 | Main
Is there such a thing as cilantro chicken crack? Because I think I just ate it.  This recipe adapted from Grace Parisi’s “Braised Chicken with Cilantro, Mint and Chiles” featured in the November 2012 Food & Wine is a beyond a tastebud pleaser....				
					 
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Julie du Pont | Oct 8, 2012 | Main, Soup
We tried to go hiking. We really did.  But it rained, and then I had to kill some time inside as two children played around me tearing apart our house, the little wild banshees.  I’d been thinking about lentils as of late.  So with the rain, this lentil and beef...