Author Archives: Matthew

Rye Berries for Breakfast

By Matthew | Published: December 4, 2011
I’m a huge breakfast guy. I’m one of those people that has to have breakfast within an hour of waking up, every single day. On the rare occasion we go out for brunch, I go for traditional breakfast faves like eggs, French toast, pancakes, oatmeal, bagels with lox, I love all that. Alexa on the [...]
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Invest a little time, make a lot of dough

By Matthew | Published: August 21, 2009
Making bread and pizza at home is all about planning. Once you’ve got the timing right, it requires very little active work.  I hadn’t made bread at home in over a month since we had been out of town, and well ya know,  summer… but when I saw artisanal multigrain loaves in the store selling [...]
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Pantry Staples + Cheese + Scallions = Another Mexican Casserole from Matthew

By Matthew | Published: January 31, 2009
Thursday Night. Got home late from work and I knew Alexa wasn’t going to be around, so I stopped at my grocer to pick up tortilla chips with which to better enjoy a Mexican layered polenta casserole. My sister taught me this one a decade ago. What makes it such a winner is it can [...]
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Making fresh, beautiful bread doing little more than watching and waiting

By Matthew | Published: December 16, 2008
I have a busy schedule. I would never have thought that I would be capable of baking an artisanal style crusty bread with minimal effort, and minimal ingredients, in the middle of the week,  but that’s exactly what I just did (I actually made two), and you can too.  On Monday night I decided I’d [...]
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Mexican Comfort Food

By Matthew | Published: December 15, 2008
I discovered this dish on foodnetwork.com a couple of years ago and it has stuck in the repertoire ever since. It’s sort of like a Mexican lasagna, with a great smokey spice from the chipotle. This recipe is easy enough to put together for a midweek dinner, and the leftovers make an equally good lunch. [...]
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