Peanut butter and jelly… this has always been my comfort food. For some people, it’s macaroni and cheese or pasta, or pizza, or any number of dishes, but for me, probably since preschool, it’s...
Have the cherries in your grocery store been fabulous these last couple of weeks? I have been losing my mind over how amazing they’ve been here! I’m not usually big into cherries; they’re good, I’ll...
Let’s talk cannoli. Up until a handful of years ago, I had only experienced mediocre-at-best cannoli from some local bakeries. Then, on New Year’s Day 2010, I sat in my Chief Culinary Consultant’s parents’ kitchen...
How is your summer going? I am in disbelief that we’re already a few days away from the 4th of July, when it seems like just yesterday that I was sticking my toes in...
Today is Duke’s 1st birthday!! I can’t believe he’s already a year old, and it’s been just 10 months since we brought that fluffy 7-pound puppy home with us… Duke has definitely become his...
I can’t believe that it’s already the end of June and this the very first batch of homemade ice cream I’ve churned up so far this year! I’m way, way behind on my ice...
Quite a few years ago (maybe 10!), we had a family cookout for 4th of July at my mom’s house and my aunt showed up with this appetizer. Even though it was gorgeous outside,...
When I was a kid and spent a lot of time at my grandma’s, there were two things (among countless others) that were a constant: a box of Entenmann’s in the kitchen, and a...
Just when I got myself into a breakfast groove of cottage cheese or yogurt with strawberries and blueberries, I went ahead and made this. Good luck trying to convince my taste buds that my...
Soft pretzels are my kryptonite. If they are available, I will eat them… at a festival, a sporting event, the mall, an appetizer at a restaurant… literally, anywhere. I have always had a love...
I have been sitting on this recipe for nearly 10 years now, yowza! A good friend of mine gifted me with this recipe back when recipe swaps (on actual written recipe cards) were all...
My grandfather’s birthday always falls quite close to Father’s Day, so my grandma usually holds a dual celebration to commemorate both events. The one thing that stuck in my head every time we would...
