Pam Anderson's Blog, page 27

Peppermint Kiss Cookies

My sister Sharon and I are very close, but we are never more cosmically connected than during the holidays. Our shared love of Christmas has always been a great source of sisterly joy for us. Today I’m feeling nostalgic for Christmas Past, for a time when Sharon and I lived under the same roof. In the last

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Curried Coconut Soup with Chickpeas and Cauliflower

A while back, Mom posted a recipe for this Butternut Squash and Kidney Bean Chili. It had all my favorite elements, particularly as the weather was just starting to turn chilly: warm, spicy, flavorful, and filling. And while the coconut milk makes this dish taste rich, it’s actually vegan. It was so good  I made

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Chocolate-Caramel Saltines

Yesterday afternoon was the second annual Bloggers without Borders Holiday Cookie Swap at Hill Country Barbecue to benefit WhyHunger. While I agonized over what to make, Mom (ever the genius) had a plan — it started in the candy aisle of her grocery store and ended with a bag of caramel Hershey’s Kisses. Thus the idea for these Chocolate-Caramel Saltines

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Apple Butter Pancakes

Living in a one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan, it’s not often that I have overnight guests. We offer a first rate queen-sized air mattress, a strong cup of coffee, and breakfast from a bakery or bagel shop. But this past weekend, Andy and I hosted two couples at Mom and Dad’s house in Pennsylvania. I was so

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Braised Escarole with Cannellini Beans and Mushrooms

It was a week of extravagance. I celebrated Thanksgiving three times—once with my parents, a few cousins and my only living aunt in Alabama on Wednesday. The next day I ate Thanksgiving lunch with Mom and Dad at their retirement facility in Florida before hopping in the car and arriving Atlanta just in time to

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Greek Yogurt Parfait with Cranberry-Orange-Clove Sauce

The cranberries were buy one get one free at the grocery store this week, so I naturally doubled my recipe for the pre-Thanksgiving celebration at my cousin’s house today. Without doubt there will be leftovers, and there’s only so much cranberry sauce I can pile onto my leftover Thanksgiving plate, only so much I can

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Pumpkin-Walnut Scones

Three Many Cooks reader Mary Schumann deserves credit for this Pumpkin-Walnut Scone recipe. A few weeks ago she wrote me on Facebook. “I’m a pumpkin fanatic, and I love your scone recipe. Just modified it to make pumpkin scones tonight! Super good. Thanks for another good formula.” I wrote back, “Yum, You wanna share the

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Pumpkin Risotto

They say if you make two recipes from a book, then it’s a good purchase. For some it’s the Silver Palate, for others it’s Ina Garten or Martha Stewart. For me, it’s The Union Square Café Cookbook. I bought this book eighteen years ago, and I’m still finding inspiration. Danny Meyer’s Pumpkin Risotto is the

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Cheese Ravioli with Pumpkin-Sage Sauce

A couple days ago our friend and Three Many Cooks reader, Alice, Facebook messaged me and said she’d found a pumpkin cream sauce for pasta and was wondering if my technique for substituting evaporated milk for heavy cream would work. I didn’t see why not and asked her to report back with her results. And

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Coconut Hot Chocolate

I don’t know if it’s the double weather wammie we east coasters are still feeling, all the post-election jibber, or the cooler weather, but David and I have been a hungrier these past few weeks. More than usual, we need treats! If you’re like us, we’ve found that Coconut Hot Chocolate warms the body and

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