Happy almost-Thanksgiving! Are you starting to fee l the holiday season among us? I am... This weekend I got my first real taste of it when I pulled a little (...)
Nature works in mysterious ways. Despite my mother coddling the fig tree in her yard last year, it produced a scant yield of figs in 2010. This summer, (...)
Distance makes the heart grow fonder... If that's the case, I bet you're very fond of me. I got lost somewhere between the holidays, a baby with a bug, and (...)
There are two occasions I indulge in ginger ale: flying and the flu. I can remember when I was sick as a child my mom administering an elixir of homemade (...)
We had a bit of a love-fest with pancetta this weekend. Joe came home from the grocery store this Friday afternoon with four thick slices of the king of all (...)
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas at my parents' house without doing things in excess. And, whatever you think “excess” is, you should probably double it. (...)
Howdy, folks! I write today's post from my new home and, I must say, it's refreshing to say that and mean it for the first time. Joe and I have been in our new (...)
Chewy white chocolate cherry pecan oatmeal cookies
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Yes, you read the title correctly: chewy white chocolate cherry pecan oatmeal cookies. Now, say that ten times fast. Go! Today is the posting date for the the (...)
We're up to our necks in cardboard and bubble wrap, the baby's furniture is finally ordered, and I'm coordinating with movers, utility companies, and our (...)
Happy almost summer, food lovers! It’s hard to believe we’re a few days away from the “official” beginning; although, in my book, summer’s already here. (...)
Happy New Year! The last few weeks I’ve been MIA due to the holidays, a blizzard, tending to a sick kiddo and, finally, attempting to get back in the swing of (...)
Seriously, if I actually made half of the things that I bookmark or print from the Internet or tear out of a magazine, I would be cooking 24 hours a day / 7 (...)
Are you ready for some football food? I am! And, if you can't be at the game tailgating with some chili, I'd venture to guess the next best thing is cozying up (...)
This time, we've gone too far.... The past few months, beginning with our jaunt in Argentina, series of weddings and parties sandwiched in between, and, most (...)
During a brief chat with the husband at work yesterday, I discovered that his co-workers picked up some dessert to celebrate his birthday. "Oh, that's so nice, (...)
Sorry, I've been AWOL. A few big changes are in the works personally that have kept me away from blogging, but hopefully all will be sorted out soon... In the (...)
Tailgating, watching the football game at home, or, forget football, maybe you're just lamping out on the couch catching up on your back-logged DVR? Whatever (...)
"Sore throat? Fever? Have some chicken soup and you'll feel better." Moms have been feeding us steamy bowls of this simple homemade remedy for years and years (...)
A couple of winters ago, I was making a cauliflower Parmesan soup at least twice a month; in retrospect, it was something like a hot and heavy winter "food (...)
I hear we may be getting snow in the northeast this weekend… And, if you were to peek into my kitchen on a blustery December or January Saturday night, this is (...)
