Now that the weather is starting to turn from hot summer days to cool fall evenings, that wonderful feeling of cool, crisp air is all around us…imploring us to throw that extra blanket on the bed, toss on our sweaters and crank up the grill…
This year for Easter I was tickled pink, and all other colors of the Easter palette, to receive an invitation to whisk down to the North Carolina shore line to spend a long weekend celebrating and paying homage to marshmallow bunnies, jelly-bean filled baskets, Peter…
Every so often, as I am sure most of us do, I am overcome with the most overwhelming craving for some sort of take-out food or another. This week, I was struck with the Chinese food bug, and once that thought enters my mind, there…
Its that funny time of year again that straddles between the tail end of winter and the emergence of spring. With the seasons and temperature changing from peaks to valleys with seemingly each hour, I find myself at times in a conundrum about what I…
Who doesn’t love pizza? I would venture to say that I don’t fully trust a person who doesn’t enjoy this heavenly, gooey, tomatoey, crispy concoction. As you know, I currently live here in our nation’s capital, but I grew up in Suffolk County in lovely…
The title says it all. These are two of my favorite pastimes, tossed in of course with a healthy dose of people watching. And let me tell you, Farmer’s Markets are prime locations for witnessing some of the most interesting people and behavior around. What…
So, not sure if I have ever disclosed this fact, but I am a dumpling freak. Actually, I am pretty sure I did at one point in my review of local Taiwanese-Korean fusion noodle and dumpling purveyors Toki Underground several years back. Oh, and don’t forget to check…
So, in an effort to thwart the effects on my body from my last indulgent recipe for Loaded Baked Potato Soup, I am opting to share a recipe that is on the lighter and healthier side to start this week off. This also comes on…
Well, you could say that I didn’t quite start the New Year off in the healthiest of ways, but nevertheless, I chose to make myself a pot of good old-fashioned hearty potato soup to kick things off in 2013. I had been craving this delicious…
It somewhat saddens me to say that for my entire adult life, I hadn’t tried a brussels sprout until about a year or two ago. My reasoning, as far as I can conclude, is that I was perhaps scarred by tales of the horrors of…
I am a long time journalist and creative writer who, over the years, has developed an affinity and passion for all things culinary, from preparation techniques to collecting family recipes, and forever building my dream kitchen in my mind. I once read a quote that said "The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life." It is my goal to someday turn my passion into a career, one baby-blogging step at a time. Dreams don't hunt you down, you have to chase after them, and this blog is my first step in the right direction.
