The Wednesday Chef

Month: December 2005

  • Regina Schrambling’s Pistachio Brussels Sprouts

    Hmph. I don't know who to blame this failure on. And I'm getting sick of the Thanksgiving recap. After this, there's only one more recipe and it's worthwhile, I promise. But in the meantime, I'm going to grump all over this post. We are a Brussels sprout-loving family, I would say. Maybe not 20 years…

  • Martha Rose Shulman’s Pecan Pie

    I suppose I should have known that when attempting to bake three pies in one day – the most important food day of the year, I might add – one cannot expect all three of them to shine. If you have already managed a glorious squash pie and a stellar apple pie, well, then it…

  • Jasper White’s Cranberry Onion Jam

    With 16 people needing to be fed on Thanksgiving, we decided to make two cranberry sauces. Can you ever have too many? Our traditional sauce is lovely – full of citrus notes and toasted nuts – and comes from my step-mother's grandmother. If sauces had personalities, the traditional sauce would be a dainty Southern lady…

  • Kimberly Boyce and Leslie Brenner’s Apple-Quince Pie

    Those tender apples! That flaky crust! This pie was a labor of love. At first, it made me want to pluck my eyes out and wail like a banshee. Then I wanted to dump the entire thing into the trash. But in the end it won my heart. Some people at our dinner party even…