susan-cooks! (teaches, reads cookbooks)

Finding Facebook Friends of the Mighty Mo and Hot Shoppes brings back memories from early childhood to high school. Brain-freeze from th...

I heard the Siren Song of Meatloaf this week, and remembered “State Fair Ham Loaf” from the estimable Minnesota State Fair: An illustrated ...

It’s the New Year, and time to look around at “stuff.” I have 70 spoons, spatulas, spoonulas, ladles, canning magnets, strainers, whis...

Thanksgiving is coming. Really soon. If you are going to cook any part of the meal you ought to be shopping today or very very soon. Two ...

I have loved this thick-without-dairy tomato soup since 1972 when a colleague introduced it to me as the sophisticated Tomato Soup Parmenti...

It snowed last night in St. Paul -- October 10 is early even for Minnesota. It's odd that I connect the first snow and the first pot of...

There are hundreds of methods for making great meatballs. While I hope that you find one you love and stick with it, you may want to experi...

For more than 5000 years, Jews have gathered around the table at Passover for a meal and a service (Seder) to celebrate deliverance from sl...

I can’t remember when or how I heard about The Silver Palate Cookbook (Workman Publishing Company, Inc. 1982), but I know that I had it whi...

THE BALL FOOD GROUP Beloved by caterers, small children, dedicated snackers and fun-loving adults, the “Ball” food group looms large in ...

If not now, then when? This is high cherry and berry season and berry crisps are versatile and foolproof. If you like pie but don’t wa...

After mistakenly recycling a treasured 20-year collection of handwritten recipes, the first one that I recovered and entered into a large, h...

Let me be clear: I love crisp, spicy oatmeal cookies. My Mother made wonderful oatmeal cookies. Lots and lots of them. I have a taste me...

In late 2006 I joined thousands who cheered Mark Bittman's a life-changing New York Times piece about uber-crusted-full-flavored bread f...

My friends in the University of Minnesota Law School Alumni office have perfect pitch: at a great farewell party, they gave me the amazing...

After 16 years at the University of Minnesota Law School in the career office (it had four names in 16 years), I have taken advantage of an...