Recent content by tapas

I didn't write a formal intro when I first joined the site a few days ago. I'm a new member from the NYC area-- born and raised. What else? I'm 27 years old and have been cooking since I was 13. The first thing I ever made was a batch of chocolate chip cookies...which turned out salty because I...

When I was a teenager, my mother would often talk about her time in Colorado during 1970s, when she met people out in the country that BBQ'd and grilled all year round-- including the winter! In fact, especially in the winter. She said it was always fantastic. If there was ever any snow, someone...

I have a new Thanksgiving Eve tradition that I started this year-- Butternut Squash Velvet! Essentially a creamy soup. I found the recipe in Jacques Pepin's More Fast Food My Way, which I bought a month or so before November. Aside from peeling the butternut squash (grr!), this recipe was...