Dear God, Thank you for allowing me the privilege and responsibility of being a mother. I know that it wasn’t an easy decision for you to make. In fact, it took you eight long years to make it....
After living in South Florida for more years than I care to remember, I’ve gotten used to the subtle clues that signify the change in seasons. They’re hard to define, but over time one gets better at...
Have you noticed that I’ve been MIA around here lately? Frankly, I didn’t realize just how long it had been since my last post. There’s a good reason, though. A couple of months ago Jeff Houck, food ...
As I write this post, I’m hanging my head in shame. You see, dear readers, I’ve been holding out on you. Not intentionally, mind you, but holding out just the same. The other day, as I was sifting...
Of the great triumvirate of Christian holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter), Easter is my favorite. While I love eating myself into oblivion at Thanksgiving, and Christmas (the gifts are n...
I’ve sat on this post for three whole days, debating whether or not to publish it. It seemed like a good idea at the time I wrote it, but then I started to get cold feet. I suspect that there are a...
Although he grew most of the vegetables we ate, my father wasn’t really much into cooking. He was in charge of salads and made eggs on Sundays, but that was pretty much the extent of it. Dad did, ...
In my family, we always knew it was a special occasion by the telltale aroma of lasagna baking in the oven. Neither my grandmother nor my mother made it often. A traditional lasagna is a labor inte...
I’ve always been somewhat of a food purist. I’m probably the only person over the age of five that actually prefers a plain cheese pizza to one with a zillion toppings. Pasta nirvana for me is a bo...
Next to the temperate weather, one of the nicest things about living in Florida is the abundance of citrus fruits we have here. Several years ago, I planted a kumquat tree in my front yard. It’s a ...
You know, I wasn’t even planning to write about these cupcakes. They were just a quickie Valentine’s Day treat I whipped up at the last minute when my original plans went awry. But, they turned out ...
As a teen, I remember having lots of conversations with my mother about dating and relationships. Of her many “isms”, the one I heard most was “Looks aren’t everything. It’s what’s on the inside th...
I’ve never really been into “cutesy” things. I’m not one to redecorate my house in themes for every holiday. And, I never wear sweaters with Rudolph, Cupid or the Easter Bunny plastered across my c...
Let me just come right out and say it. These Swedish meatballs are the bomb! Seriously. They. Are. Awesome. IKEA had better watch out. I’m just sayin’. Swedish meatballs are a perennial favorite ...
Coriander, cumin, paprika and cinnamon are but just a few of the staple ingredients you’ll find in the Moroccan dada’s pantry. The cuisine is earthy, fragrant and complex, redolent of rich spices,...
It’s meatball week here at Chez SGCC. That’s because we love meatballs and think they make the perfect Super Bowl nosh. They’re compact, easy to eat and can be made a zillion different ways. So, ...
When I served this Buffalo Chicken Dip last weekend during the play-off games, the hungry football fans at my house went wild! In fact, Mr. SGCC told me not to bother making Buffalo wings anymore be...
I’ve never met a person who didn’t like s’mores. Even my non-sweet eating husband has been known to sneak a bite or two behind the barbecue grill when no one was looking. I’m not surprised. What’s...
I have been dreaming about this cauliflower soup ever since I first saw it on the Food 52 site last month. I don’t know why. There’s nothing at all that’s fancy about it. And, it’s probably one ...
On New Year’s Eve we celebrated Mini SGCC’s 18th birthday. That’s right. My baby is now legally an adult. Of course, that means nothing to me. In my mind, she will always be my little curly-haired ...
Ever since Mini SGCC’s accident, it has been a crazy, hectic time around here! Most of my time has been filled up with driving her back and forth to school, taking her to doctor’s appointments, phys...
Looking for some great small bites to serve for New Year’s Eve? Well, look no further. Here are some delicious ideas from the SGCC archives. Whether you’re hosting a big bash or a more intimate ga...
When Mini SGCC was a little girl, there was one Christmas Eve ritual that we never missed. We would always bake one special kind of cookie for Santa Claus to enjoy as a snack when he stopped by our ...
Every year, long before the Thanksgiving dishes are even dried and put away, the Christmas rush is on. That’s when so many of us find ourselves racing around, spending money we don’t have on lots of ...
For most people, Black Friday is that crazy day after Thanksgiving when hordes of otherwise reasonable people frantically swarm the malls looking to get something for practically nothing. And unfo...
Thanksgiving is, without a doubt, the most food centric holiday of the year. And, anyone who has ever prepared a Thanksgiving dinner knows how much work – and stress – is involved. We obsess over eve...
One of the more annoying things about living with a food blogger is that they rarely make the same recipe twice. This is especially irksome when a dish is particularly fabulous, because the blogger’...
My father wasn’t much of a dessert kind of guy, but there were certain sweets that he really enjoyed, like Carvel ice cream cones, sfogiatelle, and crumb cake. Not any old kind of crumb cake, mind y...
Seriously! Are these little jars filled with creamy peanut butter and banana lusciousness not the cutest things ever? I could just eat them up with a spoon. As a matter of fact, I did just that. ...
While cupcakes will always hold a special place in my heart, the newest trend in sweet treats these days is whoopee pies. Yessiree folks, whoopie pies are hot, hot, hot! And, it’s no surprise eithe...
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