Reader question: wonderful book – I found it in the library. Can I use the dutch oven in an electric oven? – Michelle A., Pennsylvania Of course you can use an electric oven to cook in a cast iron Dutch oven. In fact, I often prepare my GOPMs in an electric toaster oven because the […]
Category: Glorious One-Pot Meals
Thanksgiving Recipe Round-up
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, I thought it would be fun to do a little re-cap of some of the delicious recipes I’ve made and you can find on this blog to grace your holiday table. Thanksgiving-in-One-Pot A classic Glorious One-Pot Meal recipe for when you’re not feeding an army — and can’t face […]
Mollie Katzen and the Moosewood cookbooks taught me to cook
It’s not often that you get to meet an author whose work has influenced your life in a deep way. When I was 22, I met Judy Blume and I was tongue-tied. Star-struck at coming face to face with the woman behind the books that I read and re-read so many times… How could I […]
Rules for Turning Picky Eaters into Adventurous Eaters
An overwhelmed mom posted the following plea on a mom’s group recently: My son has a very limited list of foods that he will eat, and all 3 of my kids like very different things. I am *so* tired of making 4 slightly different variations of each meal, every day (1 set for me and […]
Harvest Fest in Cañon City, Colorado
This past weekend I was honored to be the “guest author” at the Winery at Holy Cross Abbey‘s Harvest Fest in Cañon City, Colorado. A working Benedictine monastery and school since 1924, Holy Cross Abbey has a viniculture and winemaking history. Father Kenneth, a monk at the Abbey since the 1950s or 60s, spearheaded the […]