My Madison Bistro

I never miss a chance to make croutons out of a stale baguette. In this case, the remaining wand of bread was so hard I could have used it as a baseball bat. Fought off an intruder. You get the idea. But, I was still able to cut slices of bread, which was all I […]

I love a good tomato soup. I’ve had excellent tomato soup in restaurants, and okay organic soup from a can…but to me, canned soup always tastes like…the can. I’ve been meaning to make a roasted tomato soup for…too long. I’ve made it before, but I don’t exaggerate when I say it’s been years. Years! Pretty […]

Make lemon cream cake! I’ve loved this cake since my mom introduced me to it at a girls’ lunch we had at Olive Garden a year or two ago. She downright adores the cake, and we often share a piece when we lunch there. Since we don’t often get to go out to lunch together […]

If you need a recipe for a fast dinner, look no further. I intended to make this dish for dinner yesterday, but in my pre-severe weather ultra-preparedness, I decided to make it for lunch on the off chance I might not have power last night. Why did I go to such extremes? Well, my city […]