Amy Powell
Specialty: 30 Minute Meals
Education:French Culinary Institute, Cornell University
Lives: Manhattan
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Getting the Blues for Dinner
Red state, blue state, right state, left state. In a continuation of last week’s debate-watching theme, this week we move onto a menu fit for left, or “blue” minded viewers. Keep in mind that there...
Red Hot Politico Party Menu
Unless you have been living under a rock for the last year, you might have noticed there is a presidential race going on. And if this has been the race of all races, then, folks, we are at the home stretch....
A Meal Fit for the Fall, Drink and All
Do you ever buy the dress to match the shoes? How about making dinner to match the cocktail? It is that time of year when the fashion mags are three inches thick, the stores have changed their displays...
Eat More Apps, Add Spice to Your Life
If variety is the spice of life, then there is nothing spicier than an entire meal of appetizers. All it takes is one look at the prevalence of restaurants featuring small plates to realize that this...
Kitchen Sparks Fly When Opposites Attract
There is a reason the old saying exists, 'opposites attract.' It is just that we don’t think of that saying all that often in relation to food. Great food is a part of life that elicits such passion...
Making School Lunch as Cool as Their Lunchbox
No matter how cool the super hero is on the outside of the lunch box, it’s getting your kid to eat what’s on the inside that’s the real challenge. Now, you could cop out and send your child to school...
The Fruits of Our Labor Day Weekend
Last weekend to wear white, last party weekend of the summer, last three day weekend until Columbus Day--Labor Day weekend means a lot of things to a lot of different people. What I think we might forget...
Chinese Dinner of Champions
Unlike Christmas which comes once a year, the Summer Olympics come but once every four years, making the next two weeks a time to remember. While people are watching their televisions around the world...
Frozen Food, Fresh
One time a couple of years ago, I was channel flipping and paused to watch a very over-rated cooking show. In it, the “chef” was presumably teaching viewers how to “cook” dinner. One of the recipes...
Gone Fishin'
Summertime should be full of activities that the snowy winters, rainy springs, and chilly autumns don’t allow. Playing baseball till the sun goes down, swimming all day until your skin is the color...
Seaside on the Home Front
Aside from the changing of the leaves in the fall, one of the best parts of New England is the romance of its coastal summers. In these dog days of summer, little sounds more rejuvenating that digging...
Bringing the Great Outdoors Indoors
Aside from bathing suits and swimming pools, nothing quite says summer vacation like sitting around a campfire roasting marshmallows. Communing with nature, sleeping in the great outdoors, and cooking...
A Little Hawaii At Home
It is quite possible that I spent more money on gas this morning driving to my local coffee shop to get my usual cup of Joe than I spent on the latte itself. With the price of gas sucking every last dollar...
Summer Comfort
Comfort food is exactly what the name implies: food that by its nature soothes us down to our very soul. This is not the sort of food that we typically think of this time of year; comfort food tends to...
A Midsummer Apricot Day Dream
It is not often that a Korean market evokes memories of my California childhood, but that is precisely what happened a few weeks ago. Having stepped into the busy market in search of beef short ribs,...
Simple-y Perfect Father's Day
At the end of the day, men aren’t all that complicated. Whether it be your husband, brother, or even your dad, men are simple creatures with fairly simple tastes. With that in mind, when trying to...