Is there anything more perfect in the world than apple pie? Nope. Don’t think so. Well, maybe this apple pie. I had seen a recipe for a caramel apple pie probably 25 years ago. It had caramel o...
Stuck. Blocked. Bored. Uninspired. Dislike cooking (can that possibly be!?). Stuck, blocked, bored, and seriously challenged by my iMac. I miss my PC. Once you get out of the habit of sitting down an...
I am very late to the Pioneer Woman bandwagon. Not sure why. I love her recipes and style of cooking. Might have to do with my general aversion to blogs for such a long time. I still find it amazing ...
A while back I was invited by the Tastemaker program at Foodbuzz and Bird’s Eye to taste test some new products coming out on the market from their Chef’s Special Steamfresh line. The ris...
I would have made this announcement sooner but … *%&#^@%!!&#^%% ^ Switching from a PC to a Mac is really not that easy when Fred Flintstone was your prom date! I cannot resize ph...
This month for the Secret Recipe Club I was given the honor of choosing a recipe from Hoosier Homemade. There are so many wonderful recipes on Liz’s site that it was really difficult to choose ...
I love stuffed peppers. My husband loves stuffed peppers. My son loves stuffed peppers. I love a meal that satisfies everyone and is delicious! My problem with stuffed peppers is – I HATE to st...
I want to dive into this picture and eat the whole thing! We love pavlova in our house. Usually just a plain pavlova with some sort of fruit and whipped cream on top. But for Sunday dinner our gues...
Sometimes you just gotta love blogging! FoodBuzz Tastemakers and Sargento Cheese asked me to compare Sargento cheese to any processed cheese. First, contrary to popular belief, processed cheese is re...
It’s that time of month again – Secret Recipe Club time! I have to tell you, I am amazed at how much fun this is and how much I look forward to being paired with amazing food bloggers! Th...
So, American Express and the Tastemakers at Foodbuzz picked me – yes, me! – to participate in their Dinner@6 promotion and contest. Well, they picked me and 19 others to participate in th...
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, this would be the pickled peppers Peter Piper would pick! Tommy is addicted to – YES, addicted to – pickled peppers on his sandwiches. He ...
I don’t remember when it started. I think it just always was. Right from the very first second. To quote a line from Jerry Maguire - she had me at hello. A little background. When the Food Netw...
So it’s that time of the month again, time for the Secret Recipe Club! I am amazed! I have met and begun to follow some really fabulous bloggers! My assignment this month? Island Vittles. There...
There is a game going around the Blogging world called Seven Links. Basically there are 7 questions, that you answer using previous posts of yours. My dear friend Lizzy over at That Skinny Chick Can...
I love blueberries. I like them in everything and on anything. It makes me sad that blueberry season is so relatively short. BLueberries freeze beautifully, so there are always bags of frozen blueb...
Okay. I am a big baby! When asked if I’d like to test a product, I can’t say no. So when the opportunity came through FoodBuzz to test some Bird’s Eye products, naturally I voluntee...
French Fridays with Dorie is one of my favorite cook-alongs. Sadly, I lent my Around My French Table to a friend and have missed quite a few in the past couple of months. But the book is back! And so...
While flipping through Lucinda’s Rustic Italian Kitchen, I found her recipe for gnocchi. I have been wanting to try my hand at making gnocchi for a very long time. Lucinda’s Gnocchi had...
Today I have a special post! I am guest posting at my friend Brandie’s blog , The Country Cook. I met Brandie through our mutual friend Liz from That Skinny Chick Can Bake. My very first EVER g...
I was really tickled pink when I was chosen as part of the Foodbuzz Tastemaker group to come up with a recipe for an iced drink featuring Godiva Coffee. I had one slight problem – well, maybe t...
As I was reading through the sometimes daunting number of foodie friends’ blog emails I receive, my eye was caught by the words ‘Crispy’ and ‘Bacon’ in an email from Edi...
In March 1990 Food & Wine had a special chocolate issue. On the cover of the issue was a brownie recipe called Lovey’s Brownies. Many of the staffers contributed recipes for this issue. T...
I am truly enamored with Lucinda Scala Quinn. Have been from the first time I saw her on television. Her cooking style and mine are similar. Her recipes and ingredients are accessible and easy and w...
This recipe was shared with me many, many moons ago by one of my pals at Nigella’s Kitchen Forum. This cake also happens to be my son’s favorite sweet comfort food. It is one of two sweet...
One of the things that always summer to me is lamb on the BBQ. And nothing goes better with grilled lamb than Tzatziki. I have never had a recipe for tzatziki before, always making it from what rattl...
So, it’s the summer and 1/2 of our household is away. It’s hot. I am bored. I am a nurturer by nature with no one to nurture. Well, there’s the dog – Zena. And she will take a...
We’re back to the hot. The humidity. The I-cannot-face-the-kitchen time of year. This week has been the worst so far this year! As I sat making my menu for the week, watching a little too perky...
It doesn’t get simpler. It doesn’t get more economical. It doesn’t get better tasting. Let’s start with economical. One 8 oz. bottle of Nielson-Massey Madagascar Vanilla Extra...
I think sometimes I get so caught up in life and work and cooking and laundry and cook-alongs I want to keep up with (very unsuccessfully, I might add) and every day cooking and blogging and, of cour...
You are no longer following . Undo?