Savvy Eats

This weekend was a good one, unseasonably warm and sunny.  There were 20-mile bike rides, the first ones out this spring.  There were visits to antique stores, taking advantage of the store-wide 20% off sale. There were afternoons spent at waterfalls with good friends. There were hours spent out in the garden, building up the [...]

My first encounter with crepes was 9th grade French class.  We ate them with some butter and powdered sugar, then with some Nutella, identifying each flavor an ingredient en français.  I was in heaven. In high school, my friends and I would have “crepes party,” making plates stacked high with paper-thin crepes to fill with [...]

When we were in elementary school, Mom packed healthy lunches for my sister and I to take to school.  As a treat, we were allowed to choose a day or two each week to get hot lunch from the cafeteria.  Mom would hang the calendar, torn from the school’s newsletter, on the refrigerator door.  Whenever [...]

Can somebody please explain to me why I haven’t made hash since August? I loved my smoky summer version and then I just kind of forgot about it. That was a mistake. What’s not to love? There’s the crispy bits of meat, sweet caramelized onions, and tender pan-roasted potatoes and vegetables. Plus, the ingredients list [...]

Over the holiday week, I obtained a long-neglected waffle maker from my parents. Before I brought it back to Ithaca with me, I made them one last batch of waffles. Well, two last batches. There was a lot of tweaking going on in the first batch. I had never made waffles, and I clearly didn’t [...]

I have no idea why I even had a bottle of molasses in the pantry in the first place. I cannot stand the smell of molasses. Absolutely cannot stand it. I know it has a bunch of minerals that aren’t in other sweeteners and can add a robust and deep flavor to baked goods, but [...]

We had almost no vegetables in the house on Tuesday evening, and I was feeling uninspired when it came to non-vegetable-based savory entrees. Okay, that’s a lie. We have plenty of vegetables in the freezer. I’m just weird and refuse to use up my frozen vegetables when the fresh version is still in season. Breakfast [...]

Two kinds of scones come through the Savvy Kitchen. The first are what you might call traditional or “real” scones. These are the kind that are filled with butter and melt in your mouth, but should probably only be enjoyed on occasion. The second are my “Savvy Scones.” The butter-less (and in this case, oil-less) [...]