Author: Stephanie March

  • Pound of Flesh

    I committed the cardinal sin of the kitchen last night. I let my attention stray while chopping garlic. Slice. My zucchini was a-sizzlin’ in the pan, someone had The Simpsons on way too loud, and I was thinking about my window of opportunity to get some potatoes in with the roasting chicken. I was slicing…

  • Simplicity

    After a hectic weekend of entertaining, Monday can be daunting. Friday night we hosted a cooking class at our house for seven people. We did a kind of Spring Thing with sauteed leeks and asparagus over polenta and halibut with freshly made pesto. I made basil ice cream with lemon-rosemary pound cake for dessert, because…

  • Cake Master at Rest

    The Food Network is hosting their competition show, Food Network Challenge, at the Mall of America this week. The other day, various food professionals from across the country competed to create a Candy Castle. The sweet victory went to local cake-legend Susan O’Boyle Jacobson, garnering her $10,000 and some nice national coverage. In a sad…

  • Ham Is In The Air

    I have a vision of a place in northern Italy, a landscape of rolling, golden hills dotted with oak trees. As my mind’s eye zooms in on this scene, it becomes clear that something is hanging from the branches of the oaks. A sea breeze brushes past, and I realize that the boughs are laden…

  • Top Grrrrl

    Last December, the Girls and I decided to embark on a Self-Esteem Workshop in Las Vegas. While our goal was to master all four steps toward better self-esteem (drinking, dancing, eating, and spas), I was certainly most interested in the LV food scene. Our first dinner was scheduled in the very new and very chic…

  • Easter Index

    Number of received chocolate bunnies: 6 Number that still have auditory abilities: 0 Chances that a colored egg was undercooked and inedible (if not dangerous): 36 in 90 Ratio of eggs hidden to eggs found: 44:39 Percentage of alleged guests that allegedly had to work and could not attend, which allegedly had nothing to do…