Why do people not practice what they preach…? I am guilty of doing this at times but regardless, it bothers me. I make a conscious effort…

Reminisce.

5 songs I couldn’t listen to (in my college years) while driving for fear of crying and crashing my car: To Be With You – Mr.…

NaCl

It baffles my mind the way people demonize salt. Salt is necessary for properly seasoning when you’re cooking. It’s the sodium in processed foods that is…

Lemon Spice Sugar Cookies

In my December issue of Martha Stewart, I was overwhelmed by the amount of recipes that had me drooling. Ok, overwhelmed is an overstatement but still…wow.…

Chocolate Caramel Sandwiches

I made these cookies a month ago (or more?) but I never posted the recipe. It’s from my Food & Wine 2009 cookbook and they are…

I visited my family on Long Island for thanksgiving this past week. My nana asked me if I wanted to take one of her pasta machines…

Um.

Unless you’re someone really interesting (Stephen Hawking, Martha Stewart, Bill Maher, Seth McFarlane, etc…you get the point) every waking moment or thought of your existence does…

No farms, no food.

If everybody stopped buying meat and dairy from the grocery store and started buying from local farms it would be awesome. Lucky for me I live…

Tapas.

I have to make a bunch of vegetarian and regular tapas for a party tomorrow night. I chose one of my favorite classic Spanish tapas, bacon…

I think I may have to treat myself to these. I found this website called shoemint.com and based on what I’ve read about it so far,…

Aesthetics.

Never forget that you eat with your eyes first. Last night I got my 4 year old daughter to eat raw broccoli because I made her…

Squash!

I’m still on a squash kick. My neighbors brought me a huge basket of butternut squash and I couldn’t have been more excited to make soup!…