Think sugar cookie meets margarita. Or something like that. And just as difficult to stop at a single taste.
Barbara S., Recipe Tester
A list of all the recipes Barbara S. has tested.
Some of Barbara’s early food memories are helping her grandmother make and dry gnocchi and clean squid for Christmas Eve as well as watching her father make stuffed breads and homemade pizza.
For 30 years, Barbara worked in corporate America. When she was furloughed due to COVID, she decided to focus on her passions and officially retired.
Now she loves spending weekends in the kitchen creating dishes with ingredients she has in her pantry and refrigerator. Also, she’s a volunteer at Foodology in Plantsville, CT, and thoroughly enjoys being around and encouraging teens who are incredibly creative in the kitchen.
Chocolate-Covered Popcorn
This easy-to-make, more-ish snack just earned its rightful place on our Super Bowl menu.
Beer-Brined BBQ Chicken
A relatively quick and unconventional brine that ensures a surprising amount of juiciness and a surprise sauce that brings ample flavor.
Raw Beet and Hazelnut Salad
Easy. Elegant. And, more importantly, with tastes and textures meld so seamlessly the entire salad just seems intuitive.
Red Wine Cherry Cheesecake Bars
Like a slice of cheesecake smothered with the best, most boozy cherry sauce ever. Your fave diner dessert gone to finishing school.
Roasted Spaghetti Squash
“This technique really did produce those long lovely strands allowing this squash to live up to its name!” We keep hearing this about this perfectly easy and healthy spaghetti squash.