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Creamy Mushroom Chestnut Soup
2007: I made the Mushroom and Chestnut soup from this cookbook. I ended up roasting fresh chestnuts in the oven, peeling them, and then plopping them directly in the soup where they were blended into...
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Apple Salad with Pomegranate Dressing
Perhaps if I publicly engage in self-flagellation, I’ll break a nasty habit: I don’t eat salad the way I should. I like salad just fine. Just last week Scheidt and I ordered a lovely roasted butternut...
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Pumpkin Black Bean Soup
Despite having a big smile and loving to talk, I’m an introvert. I do better in small groups than at large parties. I love a long conversation over coffee with just you. I hate, hate, hate rooms of...
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Scheidt’s Greek Potato Salad
This, my friends, is a first: the first-ever guest post here on Burghilicious. It’s fitting, of course, that I finally let the man speak for himself, after shamelessly pirating his secret family...
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Spiced Apple Parsnip Soup
The cold snap last weekend combined with a parsnip glut in my produce drawer to give me a great excuse to make some soup. After all, summer is right around the corner, and while we’ll definitely eat...
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Pea Salad is So 2007
Two summers ago, I think I took this salad to every summer potluck I attended. I couldn’t get enough: sweet, bright-green peas… savory, earthy mushrooms… crunchy almonds… and a tangy, nutty Asian...
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French Green Bean Salad
A giant bag of farm-fresh green beans prompted me to solve one of the age-old questions: what dish should I take to the company picnic? You know this picnic is going to have a variety of starchy...
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Gazpacho is Trendy
If I’ve ever opened my mouth about my Nantucket time to you before, you know what’s next: Nantucket cuisine officially ruined me on lots of different kinds of foods. Nantucket was the first place that...
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Squash and Apples, Version Soup
It’s rare I have nothing to say, but there you have it: my loves of both soup and the squash-apple combo are already well documented. I could go on and on to reiterate that soup is a great way to warm...
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Curry Carrot Soup to (not have to) Trick Yourself
January is the time of resolutions, and I think everyone in Pittsburgh has resolved to lose weight. I know this because my gym is so busy that there aren’t even lockers. Imho, an unfortunate number of...
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