Posts by joanne
The 6th Annual Taste Awards were announced and I am a winner!
I was recently notified that I am one of the Pioneer Award Winners in this year’s Taste Awards. The Taste Awards represent the Lifestyle Entertainment Industry and celebrate the year’s best achievements in Food, Fashion, Home and Lifestyle programs on Television, in Film, Online, and on Radio. The awards were given at…
Cranberry Sauce: How do you make homemade cranberry sauce?
A viewer e-mailed me that he had recently had homemade fresh cranberry sauce at a holiday dinner and loved it. He added that he hadn’t known that it was something you could make at home and wondered how to do it. Homemade cranberry sauce is actually a very simple recipe. It is…
Easy Fresh Cranberry Sauce
1/2 cup water 1/2 cup fresh orange, tangerine, or clementine juice 3/4 to 1 cup sugar or to taste 12-ounce bag fresh or frozen cranberries (3 cups) 1 teaspoon freshly grated orange rind Bring water, orange juice, and sugar to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Add cranberries and…
2015 Women in Culinary Leadership Grant application deadline extended.
The James Beard Foundation has just extended the application deadline for its 2015 Women in Culinary Leadership Grant to January 16, 2015. Women with at least two years of professional hospitality or culinary experience have the opportunity to apply for a chance to participate in a six or twelve-month accelerated, learning-by-doing mentorship…
Here's the link to my recipes from the Today Show!
The morning after Thanksgiving I was on The Today Show transforming the traditional holiday leftovers into a Southwestern Shepherd’s Pie and an Italian Turkey Soup with Stuffing Dumplings. Co-hosts Natalie Morales and Willie Geist stopped by to taste. Here’s the link to my video and recipes on the Today Show web…
Here’s the link to my recipes from the Today Show!
The morning after Thanksgiving I was on The Today Show transforming the traditional holiday leftovers into a Southwestern Shepherd’s Pie and an Italian Turkey Soup with Stuffing Dumplings. Co-hosts Natalie Morales and Willie Geist stopped by to taste. Here’s the link to my video and recipes on the Today Show web…
Baking help just in time for the holidays.
What to Bake and How to Bake It by British food writer, stylist, editor, and teacher, Jane Hornby, offers a collection of 50 new and old classics from the oven. As in Hornby’s other cookbooks, What to Cook and How to Cook It and Fresh and Easy: What to Cook…
Desserts: Here's One of my Favorite Desserts
I received an e-mail from Frances asking, “What is your all-time favorite dessert? How do you make it?” Well, I don’t really have a favorite dessert, but I am rather fond of the Butterscotch Pudding Cake served with coffee ice cream found on page 341 of Sara Moulton’s Family Dinners.…
Desserts: Here’s One of my Favorite Desserts
I received an e-mail from Frances asking, “What is your all-time favorite dessert? How do you make it?” Well, I don’t really have a favorite dessert, but I am rather fond of the Butterscotch Pudding Cake served with coffee ice cream found on page 341 of Sara Moulton’s Family Dinners.…
Creamy Butterscotch Pudding Cake
When I was a kid and we visited Cambridge, my parents used to take me to an old-fashioned ice cream parlor in Harvard Square. They served a butterscotch sundae made of coffee ice cream, hot butterscotch sauce, and whipped cream. Boy it was good! This pudding cake reminds me…