By Catharine L. Kaufman — a.k.a. The Kitchen Shrink If you are mistaken for an all-you-can-eat buffet by every mosquito, gnat, flea, no-see-um or other flying, hopping, biting pest within a 100-yard radius, there is … Read More
Beat The Pizza Inflation and Save Your Dough
By Catharine L. Kaufman — a.k.a. The Kitchen Shrink I come from a long line of frugal food shoppers. My grandmother fed her six children on one dollar a day during the Depression, leaving my … Read More
The Kitchen Shrink’s Killer Bruschetta
1 ½ cups of chopped ripe tomatoes 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 fistful of fresh basil, chopped 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil 1 teaspoon of fresh squeezed lemon juice Salt and fresh cracked … Read More
Ole Mole ! May Is One Big Cinco De Mayo Celebration
By Catharine L. Kaufman — a.k.a. The Kitchen Shrink “Tra-La…It’s May… The lusty month of May…” sings Queen Guenevere in the Lerner and Loewe musical, “Camelot.” While both the song and most people’s fancy turn … Read More
My Mothers’ Day Kitchen Wish List
by Catharine L. Kaufman — a.k.a The Kitchen Shrink “I’d like to be the ideal mother, but I’m too busy raising my kids.” Anonymous “When I was a child, my mother said to me, ‘If … Read More
Friendly Eats For Earth Day
By Catharine L. Kaufman – a.k.a The Kitchen Shrink Every Earth Day, we are reminded that while all of April is dedicated to the global celebration of our Blue Planet home, the 22-nd of the … Read More
Veggie Soup (Hot)
This great health-booster is a favorite of those who subscribe to the “everything including the kitchen sink” (K-SINK) cooking method. Free spirits who like to cook for fun are also quite partial to it—as are … Read More
Sweet ‘N’ Tart Cherry Soup
Cherries are held in such high esteem, that Hungarians actually have two separate words with which they differentiate the sweet cherries (cseresznye) that light up fresh fruit platters from their smaller, darker, mouth-puckering-sour cousins (megy), … Read More
Grenadier Marsh Recipe (German For “Grenadier March”)
It is said that this carbo-loading dish was originally devised by field-kitchen cooks short on rations with which to feed the Austrian Grenadiers (foot soldiers) they served on long distance marches during Europe’s Napoleonic wars. … Read More
The Kitchen Shrink’s Apple Pancake Frittata
2 large Granny smith apples, peeled, thinly sliced 1 teaspoon of butter ½ teaspoon of cinnamon ½ teaspoon of brown sugar Pancake batter (I use Whole Foods Organic Buttermilk, add an egg, milk and grape … Read More