This week has been a good week. The ducks and geese are starting to migrate so there are more and more large flocks flying around; yet another reason why I love the fall. But the reason that this has been a good week is because of the onions. The wild onion is a mysterious creature. […]
Join Debbie as she raves about whole foods, rants about chemicals and generally celebrates cooking and eating with fresh, local, nutritious foods. And sometimes she might get a little feisty…. Words cannot describe the perfect day of apple picking we experienced last weekend. Picture this: a gloriously sunny autumn day in New England, some of […]
Yes, that’s a strange title for a post, and you may be wondering what the heck I’m talking about. Well, it’s really as simple as that: concord grapes smell pretty revolting. There are lots of grape vines growing in my backyard and when the weather starts to turn a little cool, the scent of grapes […]
Recently I’ve become really obsessed with making pizza. Between the beauty of my awesome pizza pan, and the delicious homemade crusts from Whole Foods, it has become my recent fall-back meal. It’s fast, easy, versatile, and makes great leftovers. Can you ask for anything else from a weeknight meal? As I have been making more […]
Each week, fabulous recipes grace Debbie’s in-box and pop up on her computer screen, and she’s sharing her favorites with you. Recipes associated with different countries found their way to me this week, which is always fun. I love just about any food with an ethnic flair, and it almost doesn’t matter what country. Although […]
I admit it — I’m in a breakfast rut. Pancakes are the pinnacle of our weekend existence (though we did branch out and make apple cinnamon pancakes this weekend), leaving room for the occasional muffin and frittata, but not much else. So I took it upon myself to find some unique breakfast recipes that excited […]
I have written many times about my interest in baking. I enjoy making my chocolate chip cookies as well as pies, cakes, cobblers and such. Sometimes in our busy lives, fresh baked cookies sound good but the time it takes to mix up the dough is just too time consuming. It has been a long […]
Want to know a little secret? It’s a weird one: Keith doesn’t like cooked carrots, not because of the taste, but because he is convinced that they give him a stomachache. Sure, I could make rollicking fun of him (sometimes I do) but instead I always look for ways to use carrots raw so that […]
With summer quickly turning to fall, I find my cravings following suit, moving away from the grilled meats and vegetables of summer to the in-the-oven, slow cooked meals of fall and winter.For me that usually means one thing: braising. I love braising, I think it’s the ultimate method of cooking. You can take just about […]
Perhaps it’s because I’m a busy mom and winter, with its lack of grill meals, is quickly creeping up, but I’m becoming intrigued with the idea of freezer meals.I love making pesto and freezing it all summer long so I can enjoy it even when the snow is piled high, but that’s all about enjoyment. […]
