By Catharine L. Kaufman — a.k.a. The Kitchen Shrink Due to the vastly entertaining vice presidential candidates, who have regaled us with more surprises and dramatic tension than the gentlemen at the top of their … Read More
Citrus Pecan Cranberry Relish
6 cups of fresh cranberries ½ cup of golden raisins 2 oranges, zest grated and sectioned 2 lemons, zest grated and sectioned 1 apple peeled, chopped coarsely 2 cups of firmly packed brown sugar (adjust … Read More
How Not To Be a Bug Buffet
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
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
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
Bombay Chicken
Beyond strategic power and economic wealth, empire-building nations also absorbed their colonies’ cultures and cuisines. None did this better than the British, whose keen appreciation for Indian foods included more than a taste for curry … Read More