One of the downsides of hotel living is that you don’t get to cook for yourself. Now, one of the upsides is that I never have to make my bed or wash loads of laundry. So, you win some you lose some. Over the past weekend, there was a lot of time spent in the…
I read in a cooking magazine once that although we like to try lots of recipes to experiment, it is only by doing a recipe a million times over that we become really good at it. This makes perfect sense although I definitely didn’t think of it. This is how mom’s get their “famous” recipes….…
I’ve often mentioned my love of Pinterest and how its prods {that’s a nice gentle word right?} me to do things. Its … just …. so …. pretty. But, often it is also delicious. I saw a picture several weeks ago for these peanut butter pretzels and pinned it instantly. Chocolate? Pretzels? Peanut Butter? Yes…
I don’t remember the first time I had strawberry shortcake but its one of my all-time favorite desserts. I’ve often said I’d serve it at my wedding – which by that way is lightyears away. It’s like the perfect combination of carb-y goodness, sweet fruit, and refreshing whip cream. We’ve been a “strawberry shortcake” family…
I think that one of the fastest ways to make poor decisions is to go to a grocery store hungry… or stand in your pantry. I’ve been known to impulse by anything from prosciutto to Cheezits to loafs of French bread. A much safer place to go? An organic farm. After roaming the Glastonbury Abbey…
Sometimes without much planning a nice meal comes together. Normally when I invite people over for dinner, I have something in mind. But on Friday, I had nothing in mind and I invited our dinner guests over on Monday… yes, a full 5 days in advance. After a little brainstorming, I knew I wanted goat…
As a bit of a rarity, I actually cooked twice this past weekend. I l.o.v.e. cooking and spending time in the kitchen but traveling every week makes the weekend more for resting than for measuring and mixing. It also doesn’t hurt that its GRILLING SEASON! I’ll grill anything. I’ve seen a few good desserts recently…
Every Monday that I’m in Pennsylvania, I get the personal size Pizza Verde takeout from Bertuccis. Its perfectly fancy, yet comforting… and I’ll be honest 33% of the time I eat it in bed. Let me be clear. When I say “in bed”, I quite literally mean I’m under the covers eating pizza. Its a…
I just saw on the news this morning that Pennsylvania is going to get a heat wave this week. A honest to goodness heatwave. While I’m “blessed” to spend this wave in Air Conditioning, I would still much rather spend it sitting on a porch drinking some ice tea…. or perhaps splashing around in the…
I feel as though there are very few things in life that I do better than most people…. and one of them is making my famous cookies. I guess using the word “famous” isn’t totally appropriate as I haven’t received any documented awards for them – but whenever I do make them, people go ca-razy…
