Kitchen Witch | Wednesday, March 19,2008

Come fry with me

Here’s how to make chicken like a true Southerner

Untitled Document As a kid from up North, I have long held a romantic notion that if you grew up in the South, you spent your summers sitting under a willowy tree wi

Kitchen Witch | Wednesday, March 12,2008

Grape-leaf group therapy

Preparing these delectable treats can be a fun group effort

By Kim O’Donnel

Untitled Document Stuffed grape leaves are heady little treats, but we rarely think about making them ourselves. They seem too exotic and complicated for home chow, b

Kitchen Witch | Wednesday, March 5,2008

Get more from your mash

Here’s a recipe for a potato pie that’s gone to heaven

By Kim O’Donnel

Untitled Document The girlfriend of a mashed-potato lover somewhere in the great online beyond needed culinary counsel. They’re in a “mixed” relatio

Kitchen Witch | Wednesday, February 27,2008

Recipe for a crumb-y morning

Take your streusel memories out of the vault

By Kim O’Donnel

Untitled Document Jersey, New York, Philly, Baltimore — they all know about the crumb bun. A yeasty sweet roll with a streuselly topping, the crumb bun is a min

Kitchen Witch | Wednesday, February 20,2008

Fish Fridays, Thai-style

Lent doesn’t have to mean fish sticks

By Kim O’Donnel

Untitled Document I think I’ve figured out why so many fish eaters consider themselves vegetarians. It’s a Catholic thing, y’all. Lent —

Kitchen Witch | Wednesday, February 13,2008

Be my velvet Valentine

Here’s a sexy dessert that’s like hotpants and white go-go boots

By Kim O’Donnel

Untitled Document Tea for two needs cake. So do Grandma, your pals from work, and all of the other lonely hearts sticking out their tongues at this lovers-only holiday. With or

Kitchen Witch | Thursday, February 7,2008

Southern biscuits for a Yankee girl

Fix a batch of hot crusty buttermilk taste explosions

By Kim O’Donnel

Untitled Document Dear Scott Peacock, You and I have known each other for many years without ever having met. We’ve got mutual friends and associates

Kitchen Witch | Wednesday, January 30,2008

Bacon and eggs for dinner

Whip up some spaghetti alla Carbonara

By Kim O’Donnel

Untitled Document Hello, my name is Kim and I’m a bacon-holic. For a cook who prides herself on mindful moderation, this is a difficult culinary confession. No other come

Kitchen Witch | Wednesday, January 23,2008

Full-circle mush

Make polenta with a spicy tomato sauce

By Kim O’Donnel

Untitled Document This is a story about mush. As a kid up north, where breakfast was two eggs any style, toast, and hash browns, I knew little about mush (unless you count

Kitchen Witch | Wednesday, January 16,2008

Cranky for curry

Here’s a kitchen substitute for Zoloft on a gloomy winter day

By Kim O’Donnel

Untitled Document It’s a new year, and everybody on cable television says I should feel bright and shiny like a brand-new penny or a twinkly star, full of deter