When you invite friends over for dinner, there are usually one or two people who ask sincerely, “What can I do to help?” Line up the ingredients for the simple smoked salmon tart, hand your new assistant a printout of the recipe, and say, “Here. Please make this.” Assembling the tart is easy. Pinching the… More A supremely simple smoked salmon tart with cucumber salad
“If I knew you were coming, I would have baked a cake!” It’s a warm, welcoming phrase and with Anne Gillespie Lewis’s Fast and Fancy Cake, you can still give surprise guests a slice of cake and a cardamom-laced latte. There’s no shame in using a cake mix (if you are a purist, you can… More Fast and Fancy Cake with Cardamom-kissed Latte
“Congratulations to Ingebretsen’s on 100 years of incredible education, outreach, and dedication to your community. Skål from your friends at The Norwegian Restaurant in Rockford, Illinois!” And as an anniversary present, The Norwegian has shared their recipe for Scandinavian marinated beet salad with blue cheese. (A printable .pdf version of the recipe is at the end of… More Marinated Beet Salad – An anniversary gift to Ingebretsen’s from The Norwegian Restaurant