I really love yukon gold potatoes & usually use them to make mashed potatoes but recently I tried making hasselback potatoes with t...

I've been eating this black bean soup since Saturday & I'm happily having it for lunch again, today. Granted I made enough to...

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 I’m salad obsessed these days.  Here are a bunch of my faves that are as fresh as they are unique.   I’ll be working...

It’s unofficially summer - it’s just getting hotter & I love it! Every time the temps rise I want to eat cooling simple meals - mainl...

In case you haven’t been watching the news because you live a warm sunny area & have been spending any of your free time outside ...

Clockwise from top left: A Simple Cheese Plate ; Apple Parmesan Basil Bites ; Whipped Feta Crostini ; Simple Mushroom Crostini My siste...

Farro is a new whole grain to me. After hearing my gal Alice talk about how good it is I thought I should at least try it. I found it i...

I love to make fresh pasta . I find it therapeutic in some sense. So I thought making my own ravioli would bring me the same zen. It di...

So I like fish & I'm trying to get Chris to like it as much as I do. This recipe from the Barefoot Contessa's Foolproof Cook...

I love the cardamom coffee at Hampton Chutney in Soho NYC.  This year I've resolved to lay off the caffeine for 2013 so the coffee p...

My husband, Chris, loves mushrooms & my sister, Jennifer ,  kind of likes them. I think it's kind of funny since my sister who ...

Sometimes chicken can get so boring, yet we eat it all the time.  Last night I whipped up this chicken that was different from the usual ...

I used to make this salad all the time at my collegiate coffee house job at Immaculate Consumption (man, I miss that place).  My gal Maggi...

I'm currently obsessing over this blog , I love the recipes & the photography & the messages.  It's a good blog written b...

Since my post was, well, lack there of yesterday I'm dishing out an extra special one with a tasty dinner you can make at home!  I cal...

Ingredients: 1 cup grilled corn (approx 2 ears) 1 lime (juice & zest) 7 fresh basil leaves (cut into ribbons or tear) 1 clove ga...

When it's hot, the last thing I'm going to do is blow dry my hair, so I braid it instead.  All you need for this messy braided ne...

When it's as hot as it's been the only way to cook is on the grill & then run back inside to the air conditioning to eat.  Sh...

Ingredients: 2 large onions 3 shallots 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 cup fresh goat cheese 2 cups arugula 4 pieces trader joe...

can you guess what types of flowers these are? mouse over to see if you're right! This weekend Chris and I spent some quality tim...