We’re friends, right? That means I can tell you my deepest, darkest secrets. This one may not come as a surprise to you, but when I think about planning a holiday meal, the main...
Last Friday, my Chief Culinary Consultant and I decided to take a little afternoon field trip and drove to the outlets an hour north of where we live. Upon arriving, we headed straight for...
When preparing to test potential holiday recipes, I have a very short checklist that I go through when sorting recipes: Does it have cheese? Does it have bacon? Does it have potatoes? Does it...
(Photo found on Pinterest, originally from Flickr.) Whether we’re ready or not, Thanksgiving will be here in just two weeks from Thursday. How did it already become the holiday season?! I need to get...
It’s hard to believe that it’s already the last day of October; talk about time flying! I decided that since I kicked off October by sharing my favorite pumpkin recipes with you, I should close it...
A few weeks ago when I made the pumpkin doughnut muffins, I talked about my lack of doughnut consumption while growing up. I guess you could say I’m trying to make up for lost...
When I was a kid, the next best thing to going trick-or-treating and bringing home a huge haul of candy was pumpkin-carving night at home. We would go out as a family and pick...
Earlier this month, when I made a batch of maple-walnut ice cream, I mentioned how any mention of maple reminds of a classic episodes of Friends, as well as Buddy the Elf. Truth be...
I was never big into caramel apples when I was a kid, or even much as an adult, until a couple of years ago when my husband and I took a quick weekend trip...
This recipe for chocolate chip cookies, posted by The New York Times in 2009, has taken many food blogs by storm. Not a traditional chocolate chip cookie at all, the recipe uses a combination...
There are many recipes for chewy chocolate chip cookies floating around the universe, but Alton Brown’s was the first one that I came across that used bread flour in place of all-purpose flour....
Growing up in a very Italian family, I had eaten more than an entire town’s worth of lasagna before I was old enough to drive. My grandma made it often for Sunday...
