Melted cheese.

To use a totally oxymoronic phrase – it absolutely screams comfort, doesn’t it?

Pick up a piece of pizza, and swipe at the mozzarella stretching from pan to plate. Cut into a grilled cheese, and watch the cheddar oooooooze. Dig into a bowl of mac and cheese. Pour thick, smooth, golden cheese sauce onto toast.

So – do you find yourself relaxing, heaving a giant sigh, wanting to walk away from your computer and curl up in a warm blanket?

That’s melted cheese: bliss on a plate.

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St. Patrick’s Day: it’s all about the green.

Green clothing, shamrocks, corned beef and (green) cabbage, green beer… Yes, green beer; if you’ve never sampled it, you’ve never been in Boston or New York on March 17.

But surely there’s more to Irish food than green cuisine. (more…)

OK, class, today we’re going to make cinnamon monkey bread.

Never baked with yeast before?

Read on…

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As the year draws to a close

WAIT A MINUTE.

Never mind the nostalgic musing, that “year in review” stuff that everyone’s pushing at you right now. Let’s cut right to the chase: there’s no comfort food quite so comforting as something hot and yeast-doughy. (more…)