My cousin who is a professional pastry chef was recently visiting me. In addition to the marathon baking sessions we did, I swear, non-stop baking for 2 days, we ate pulled pork, beans, tacos & homemade pizzas. Also, my cuz taught me how to...
Ok Easter is over. It's now officially time to throw away all of the leftover candy. I must get rid of these jelly beans! I'm ok with throwing candy out. It's the Peeps I have a problem with. They are so cute and innocent looking and...
I have been making Matzo Ball soup essentially the same way since I went to college in Boston many many moons ago. My friend was a personal chef and she worked for a couple who taught her this recipe. It's a winner and a crowd...
I love cakes. Rice cakes, risotto cakes, crab cakes if it's a cake it's probably going to be good. You can pretty much make a cake (or patty) out of anything and it is a great method to use if you want to jazz up...
I often don't eat breakfast and when I do I seem to like weird things. I am not a real big sweet fan in the morning. I am savory all the way. When I do make breakfast I tend to root around in my refrigerator...
So the other day I kinda went crazy buying farm fresh produce at my local market. Everything was so beautiful I couldn't resist. So, even though I only went in for a couple of things I ended up leaving with gorgeous fava beans, fresh chickpeas,...
Last night I made an Eggplant Parmesan recipe that I came across on the culinary website Food 52. The author, Nancy Jo, posted her Nonna's recipe and the picture was so tempting I couldn't resist trying it. I have written about Eggplant Parmesan before...
Lounging around on Sundays over a big homemade breakfast with family and coffee and the newspapers is a God given right. At least that's how I've always felt. There's just something so wonderful about that feeling of hanging with people you love and knowing you...
Last week was teacher appreciation week at my son's school. We love our teachers and our school so I wanted to definitely put some effort into our appreciation gifts. One of the other moms in our class organized a luncheon and everyone volunteered to bring...
Ok, I have a confession. I took liberties with someone else's recipe. I couldn't stop myself. The thing is, I had been looking at this cookie recipe and I really really wanted to make them only I knew that they would need some tweaks to...