North Shore Foodie

Egg Salad On Pain De Mie Bread With Homemade Mayo

by Monica Kass Rogers • April 20, 2022

The week after Easter, home cooks around the country puzzle through the same question: What do I do with all of these hard-boiled eggs? They prepare eggs on toast, deviled…
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Egg Lemon Soup With Spinach And Meatballs

by Monica Kass Rogers • April 13, 2022

Eggs have been a symbol of Spring and rebirth for hundreds of years. For those who celebrate Easter, fridges fill with eggs by the dozen to decorate with children, and…
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Carrot Layer Cake With Cheesecake Topper

by Monica Kass Rogers • April 6, 2022

I’m a carrot top who loves carrot cake! I’ve made many over the years, never quite as unusual as this one which has a cheesecake top baked right with the…
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Sherried Mushroom and Walnut Loaf

by Monica Kass Rogers • March 30, 2022

I once lived in a big, pale-green commune of sorts, where vegetarian was how you cooked, if you cooked at all. (Raw food was the other way most people ate.)…
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Easy Oven Beef and Tomato Stew

by Monica Kass Rogers • March 23, 2022

I don’t know about you, but when I’m on deadline, food prep goes out the window (but my appetite stays). One way to stave off junk-food snacking temptations and give…
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Homemade Gnocchi

by Monica Kass Rogers • March 16, 2022

If you’ve considered, but not yet tried, making fresh pasta at home, pillowy little gnocchi are a great place to start! These tender little nubbins are easy to make and…
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Ballymaloe Irish Lamb Stew

by Monica Kass Rogers • March 9, 2022

Cherished recipes are like ripples, each one an echo of the wavemaker that first broke the surface. This Ballymaloe House lamb stew is the 1940s original that started ripples of…
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Classic Bolognese Ragu

by Monica Kass Rogers • March 2, 2022

Known in Italy as “ragù alla Bolognese” this rich meat sauce actually has very little tomato in the sauce—a surprise to many American home cooks. The deeply satisfying flavors come…
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Beefy Mushroom Barley Soup

by Monica Kass Rogers • February 23, 2022

A great soup is three things at once—nourishing, tasty, and easy on the budget. This beefy mushroom barley soup lassos that golden triad. The stock is made in the oven,…
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James Cagney’s Clam Chowder

by Monica Kass Rogers • February 16, 2022

America loved him for his street-smart tough-guy mannerisms and his Academy Award-winning portrayal of George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy. But actor James Cagney loved the outdoors and country…
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