We're all good enough to be great cooks
I’m always on the lookout for ways to make the dark days of January a little more cozy, and food plays a big part of that. I’ve read that because there isn’t as much daylight in winter, we are automatically drawn to carb heavy foods. …
For the most part, I love winter. As someone who also loves 19th century Russian literature, snow, cold air blasting me in the face, and long dark nights are totally my thing. But in my long experience with New York winters, I have learned there …
This week we experienced both spring and winter. New York has a hard time making up its mind like that. At present, we are immersed in winter, and as we reach the end of December, it looks like the cold will be sticking with us …
I will go to very great lengths to avoid crowds. I live next to a giant mall (I can literally see the lights from my bedroom), but I only ever order things online. Groceries? Target run? Only very early before most people are out. Not …
Today is my 37th wedding anniversary and it has me reminiscing about a lot of things, not the least of which is the fact that my husband left his home and family in France to come to the US to marry me. I guess you …
As I write this post just a couple of days after Thanksgiving, we are still drowning in turkey. We have a really small family, so something more the size of a large chicken would probably do, but an 11 pound turkey was the smallest I …
My family has a long love of the meatball parm hero. For us, it is the meal that my husband and kids and my son’s best friend would have in the summer while working on big projects. My husband is super handy and many summers, …
I love buffalo chicken…things. But not buffalo chicken wings. I’m not a super big fan of eating with my hands, or of eating messy foods in general. Buffalo chicken pizza? Delicious. Buffalo dip? Yes, please. So what could be better than mixing the spiciness of …
Among my childish eating habits is a dislike of vegetables, cooked vegetables in particular. I tend to enjoy salad veggies – cucumbers, avocados, lettuce, corn, and shredded carrots. I like tomatoes, but only if they are warm. Put a plate of green beans in front …
When trying to decide which recipe to post this week, I automatically turned to something I had baked because, as the leaves begin to change, this is baking season! Of course, all seasons are baking season for me, and this week I baked chocolate brownie …
