Rebecca Sherrow

Two bowls of farfalle pasta with carrot sauce and cheese

Farfalle with Velvety Carrot Sauce

Published on April 24, 2026 by Rebecca1 Comment

This silky, vibrant carrot sauce offers an elegant, refreshing twist on your traditional tomato marinara. Tossed with a whimsical pasta shape (I use farfalle, which mean butterflies in Italian), it becomes an exquisite—and incredibly simple—springtime dish. I made this on repeat when my children were toddlers — it’s an effortless way to weave nourishing, hidden vegetables into mealtime without a fuss. The method is beautifully straightforward: gently sauté garden-fresh carrots and fragrant garlic in butter, then let them simmer in savory chicken broth and a dollop of tomato paste. Once the carrots are perfectly tender, purée them into a smooth, velvety dream sauce. I love folding in sweet Italian sausage for added depth, but it is equally spectacular kept vegetarian.

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Four layer chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream frosting and cat decorations

“Crazy Cat Lady” Birthday Cake

Published on April 11, 2026April 11, 2026 by RebeccaLeave a comment

Birthdays in our kitchen usually come with a specific set of culinary traditions (i.e. “Dirt Cake”), but when Eva celebrated her birthday last weekend, she completely surprised me. She didn’t ask for the traditional trifle of crushed Oreos layered with a conglomeration of pastry cream, whipped cream, and cream cheese, and hidden gummy worm gems sandwiched between the layers. Instead, with her signature mischievous side eye, she presented me with these adorable miniature feline decorations and requested a “Crazy Cat Lady Cake.”

How could I possibly resist?

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Cookie Jar Gingersnaps

Published on November 15, 2025 by Rebecca4 Comments

There is an elegance to a well-made gingersnap cookie—sophisticated in its restraint. Crisp at the edges, delicately chewy at the center, and perfumed with the warmth of ginger, cloves, and molasses, it’s a confection that is both nostalgic and refined. They also happen to be my mother’s favorite Christmas cookie, a detail that has forever elevated them in my own culinary memories. Whenever I bake them, I’m reminded that true luxury often lies in simplicity.

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Valentine’s Day + A Touch of Red from Bookcliff Vineyards

Published on February 23, 2022November 14, 2025 by Rebecca1 Comment

A few months ago I visited a new wine shop on the recommendation of a friend. It’s on the other side of town in an area I almost never go; however, I was on the hunt for a certain wine and heard that they may have it. Not only did I find the wine I was searching for, but I found a very extensive collection of local Colorado wines. Among them was this bottle – A Touch of Red by Bookcliff Vineyards out of Boulder, Colorado. I was first attracted to the label. (You know me, I’m a sucker for a good label, especially if there’s a dog on it!) In this case, two adorable terriers sniffing curiously at a cluster of grapes. I bought it, thinking it would be perfect to open on Valentine’s Day.

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Duck Egg Quiche with Garden Vegetables

Published on August 11, 2021May 7, 2025 by Rebecca3 Comments

Last weekend my neighbour (take a look at his blog here) gave me a wonderful gift – a treasure box full of goose and duck eggs from the birds he raises near his pond. I was so thrilled, I went straight to the kitchen and began to plan an egg based menu for the week ahead. Eggs are such a staple in my kitchen, I get a little apprehensive if our egg stock is running low. I know if I have eggs, I can quickly whip up any number of easy meals on busy weeknights when I’m running late or other dinner plans fall through – and I frequently do.

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A Cake Fit for the King (of Rock ‘n’ Roll)

Published on June 20, 2021 by Rebecca1 Comment

I was reading an article recently about the return of vintage desserts. Desserts from the 50’s and 60’s are making a huge comeback right now, which makes me extremely happy, as I have a penchant for vintage recipes (vintage anything, really!). I think the pandemic played a huge role in their return – not only were we dealing with ingredient shortages last year (specifically flour), and making few and far between shopping trips, but we were also craving comfort food. The dishes that might have come out of our grandmothers’ kitchens. While we are dealing with a global pandemic, most of our grandparents were enduring the Great Depression and rationing of WWII – not too dissimilar crises. After reading the article I took a moment to glance at the comments section and saw that a cake called, “Elvis Presley’s Favorite Pound Cake,” from Epicurious.com, was mentioned several times. It’s a whipping cream cake – essentially a pound cake made with heavy cream in place of milk or buttermilk. All pound cakes, by nature, are decadent, but this one is over the top! Not only is it made with heavy cream, it also uses seven eggs which provide lift so that no other leavening is needed. I can see why it was the King’s favourite!

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Thai-Inspired Noodles with Sunflower Butter and Chicken

Published on June 17, 2021May 7, 2025 by Rebecca2 Comments

June is turning out to be hot, hot, HOT. Heat records are being set all across the US southwest. We reached 102F (39C) yesterday! Historically, Colorado doesn’t hit the 100s until July and August, so this summer is turning out to be quite unusual. I, for one, really enjoy the heat, especially after our long, cold mountain winters. But all I’m craving is cool, crunchy fresh veggies. I’ve been making these Thai-inspired noodles for years. Before my daughter was born, I made them with peanut butter, which is traditional but, because of her food allergies, I now use sunflower seed butter. Either is just fine. If you really don’t want to cook in the heat, you can use a Rotisserie chicken. If using fresh chicken breasts, I like to cook them early in the morning to prevent the kitchen from getting too hot (season well with salt and pepper and bake at 400F/200C for 25-30 minutes). Then I let them chill in the fridge all day. At dinnertime, it’s just a matter of boiling the noodles and whipping up the sauce which is made in the blender. No fuss, no sweat – just how a summer weeknight meal should be!

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5 Ice Cream Recipes for the (Unofficial) Start of Summer

Published on June 1, 2021June 3, 2023 by Rebecca2 Comments

Yesterday was Memorial Day here in the US, which is also what we like to call the “unofficial start of summer.” My kids just finished their school years last week, the weather is finally warm, we lit the grill for the first time last night, and it truly does feel like summer. I have my mind on light and easy summer recipes, fresh salads and cool, sweet treats. Of course, that means ice cream.

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The legend of the artichoke

Published on May 17, 2021April 29, 2025 by Rebecca5 Comments

The legend goes that Zeus, king of the gods, came down from Mt. Olympus to visit his brother, Poseidon, near the sea. As he looked out across the sparkling waters of the Aegean, his vision fell upon a beautiful young woman standing barefoot on the grey stones that stretched out along the shoreline of the island, Kinaros. She stared back across the sea, eyes like fire, unfazed by his formidable divinity. Their gaze locked in what can only be called, An Embrace of Fate.

What Zeus wants, Zeus gets. At that moment he wanted nothing more intensely than this mortal, with eyes that burned with vitality and a face like a flower, upturned toward the sun. She was named Cynara, for the island she called home.

Zeus, being a cunning séducteur, approached Cynara in all his glory and promised her the sky and the moon if she would agree to be his lover. She refused. He promised her all the flowers in the fields above the sea. Still, she declined. Then, drawing back into himself as if to stir up that FOMO we humans find so powerful, he made one last offer, something she couldn’t possibly resist. Zeus would grant Cynara the gift of goddess-hood, lifting her mortal soul from the dirt and stone of this earth if, in return, she would live always near him in the home of the gods upon Mt. Olympus – his mistress in an affair that would last an eternity, so long as Hera, his wife (and sister), was well occupied.

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Clafoutis aux Framboises

Published on April 27, 2021April 27, 2021 by Rebecca5 Comments

There’s nothing that encapsulates the feeling of summer for me like a fresh raspberry. Each berry contains within it all the sunshine, light and floral sweetness of a summer afternoon. At my childhood home there was a split rail fence along which grew a long row of raspberry bushes. Starting in early July, my brother and I would wake up early and run out to the fence to pick the raspberries that had ripened overnight. It was a race – us against the birds – and we often lost, but when we would find a ripe, untouched berry, the reward was more than worth the effort. To this day, the taste of fresh raspberries brings me right back to those childhood summers.

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