Get the latest recipes from Nikchick http://www.grouprecipes.com/people/nikchick I've been making this garlic herb soup for 15 years. I got the recipe out of a Frugal Gourmet book and fell in love. http://www.grouprecipes.com/34141/garlic-herb-soup.html For my birthday my friends bought me a cooking class at Blue Ribbon Cooking School in Seattle. This is one of the recipes I got to make (and eat)! http://www.grouprecipes.com/26446/game-hens-with-pomegranates.html For my birthday my friends bought me a cooking class at Blue Ribbon Cooking School in Seattle. This is one of the recipes I got to make (and eat)! Goes great on gnocchi. http://www.grouprecipes.com/26441/tomato-saffron-cream-sauce.html For my birthday my friends bought me a cooking class at Blue Ribbon Cooking School in Seattle. This is one of the recipes I got to make (and eat)! http://www.grouprecipes.com/26437/gnocchi.html For my birthday my friends bought me a cooking class at Blue Ribbon Cooking School in Seattle. This is one of the recipes I got to make (and eat)! You can roast the beets a day ahead. http://www.grouprecipes.com/26396/roasted-beet-salad.html For my birthday my friends bought me a cooking class at Blue Ribbon Cooking School in Seattle. This is one of the recipes I got to make (and eat)! These were very good topped with honey-butter. They were described as "somewhere between a biscuit and a scone". http://www.grouprecipes.com/26388/rosemary-corn-cakes.html This is my favorite recipe for simple, roasted chicken. Perfect Sunday dinner fare. http://www.grouprecipes.com/16371/rosemary-lemon-roasted-chicken.html This is my mother-in-law's recipe for mousaka. I've included her comments, tips, and advice in the original parentheticals she passed on to me. http://www.grouprecipes.com/8633/my-mother-in-laws-moussaka.html This dish could certainly be adapted to the grill but I just do them up in the oven. I greatly prefer dry rubbed ribs to sticky barbecue ribs and my husband raves whenever I cook these up. The rub recipe came from Joy of Cooking. The long prep time reflects letting the ribs sit after they've been rubbed. http://www.grouprecipes.com/5873/oven-roasted-spareribs.html This recipe is from the Joy of Cooking. It is the best pulled pork recipe I've ever tried. http://www.grouprecipes.com/5869/north-carolina-style-pulled-pork.html