January 2011 – Page 2 – In the Kitchen with Polly

Oven Baked Chicken Nuggets

PollyJanuary 10, 2011July 26, 2025

I know a thing or two about chicken nuggets as I have been making them for two decades with a recipe very similar to the one Sara Moulton contributed to The 150 Best American Recipes. Sara calls her version Garlicky Baked…

Appetizers Rice and Potatoes Side Dishes

Oven Baked Fries

PollyJanuary 9, 2011July 26, 2025

One of our family favorites has always been our oven baked fries. My friend Mary first made these for me about 25 years ago—I had been so impressed to arrive at her house for lunch and find a basket of home…

Appetizers Salads Sauces, Dips & Spreads

Blue Cheese Dip

PollyJanuary 5, 2011July 26, 2025

I haven’t posted many appetizers—I’ve always been a bit appetizer challenged. I am much more focused on side dishes, main dish and dessert! This holiday season, I tried three of Ina Garten’s appetizer recipes from her most recent cookbook, How Easy is That? Two…

About Me

It's all about the recipe—really, it is! I have amassed quite a collection of recipes from my favorite cookbooks, food magazines, friends, the Internet, and more recently my adult daughters. I test every recipe I post. Some I've been cooking for years, decades even, and a few I have made only a few times. I don't post mediocre recipes. I don't post good recipes. I post GREAT recipes! When I find a recipe I LOVE, I can't wait to share it. I started In the Kitchen with Polly on January 01, 2010, a joint venture between myself and my non-cooking but most excellent webmaster, proofreader, technical goddess and all-around bestie, ratty (not a joke—ratty is her chosen nickname—her Mama didn’t do that to her, she did it to herself!). Last year we hit a snag—the website went up in monstrous flames. It took a long time to sort out what happened and even longer to recreate what was lost. Hundreds of pictures gone, and every recipe we posted (300+) over the last 14 years had to be reformatted, many pictures retaken. It's done now though, and we are back! I like this brighter version :) Scroll through! Find something you like, and let's get cooking! There’s a search button and there are also tags to click on if you want to find a recipe for a specific food. If you need it, the print button is on the preview page and at the end of each post.

Enjoy!