the shortlists

Oct 12

Oct 12 Best Caesar Salad

Leanne Kilroy

Salads, Quick to Prepare, Condiments & Snacks

Mar 22

Mar 22 Pulled Pork with Homemade BBQ Sauce

Leanne Kilroy

American, Main Courses, Meat, Condiments & Snacks

Look what I did! From scratch! All by my onesie! And it was delicious!

Dec 7

Dec 7 Lamb & Harissa Sausage Rolls

Leanne Kilroy

Appetizers & Breads, Meat, Condiments & Snacks

Mini lamb & harissa sausage rolls made from Bourke Street Bakery’s cookbook.

Dec 14

Dec 14 Roasted Chestnuts

Leanne Kilroy

Winter, Holiday, Vegetarian, Vegan, Appetizers & Breads, Quick to Prepare, Condiments & Snacks

For lots of things: cookies, wrapping paper cuts, glitter-filled greeting cards and drinking too much.

May 7

May 7 World’s Best Focaccia

Leanne Kilroy

Italian, Vegetarian, Appetizers & Breads, Vegan, Condiments & Snacks

I have written and rewritten the opening line to this post three or four times because whatever I say sounds too dramatic.

Apr 27

Apr 27 Polenta Chips with Gorgonzola Dipping Sauce

Leanne Kilroy

Cheese, Vegetarian, Condiments & Snacks

Things aren’t as boring here as one would think for midterm season with a 7-month-old crawler in the house.

Apr 12

Apr 12 Mild Basil Pesto

Leanne Kilroy

Pasta, Italian, Vegetarian, Summer, Quick to Prepare, Condiments & Snacks

Who doesn’t like pesto?

Even picky eaters – “what’s that green stuff?” people – love it. My basil-hating brother would eat his own arm if it was slathered in the stuff.

Nov 29

Nov 29 Pesto di Pistacchi

Leanne Kilroy

Pasta, Italian, Vegetarian, Quick to Prepare, Condiments & Snacks

This is one of those things I was totally expecting to hate. I mean, it’s nearly entirely made of nuts. And nuts and I, for reasons unexplained, have never been friends.

Feb 13

Feb 13 Ragù alla Bolognese

Leanne Kilroy

Pasta, Italian, Meat, Condiments & Snacks

This is as traditional as it gets. If you want to truly taste Bologna, this is about as close as you can get to a legitimate, authentic Bolognese sauce. Just thinking about it brings me back under the porticoes.

Nov 10

Nov 10 My Cobb Salad with Hard Boiled Egg Yolk Dressing

Leanne Kilroy

Summer, Salads, American, Vegetarian, Main Courses, Eggs, Quick to Prepare, Condiments & Snacks, Vegetables

Here at The Shortlists’ mother den, things can get a little out of control. Annual homeward migrations mean nonstop runs of long, boozy dinners in and out.

Nov 5

Nov 5 Lamb Ragù & Herbed Ricotta

Leanne Kilroy

Winter, Pasta, Cheese, Main Courses, Meat, Condiments & Snacks

I’m going to be brief today thanks to yesterday’s 5 bottles of wine. And though I should probably not be staring into an abnormally blinding computer screen in my condition,

Oct 16

Oct 16 Vegetable Caponata

Leanne Kilroy

Salads, Vegetarian, Vegan, Appetizers & Breads, Condiments & Snacks, Vegetables

I really don’t know what to call this. It’s not really caponata, which is an amazing Sicilian dish, kind of a cold, fried eggplant-heavy salad with celery, capers, tomatoes and olives. But it’s not too far off, either.