It’s been a while since we’ve made grilled pizza, but tonight the stars were in alignment and the weather was cooperating, so pizza we grilled. It was nothing fancy; in fact, it was an old go-to combination of whatever we had in the veggie bin and Trader Joe’s pesto chicken sausage. The toppings were onion, […]
I recently spoke with Wil Wheaton, probably best known for his role as Wesley Crusher in Star Trek: The Next Generation, or if you are my four-year-old son, the voice of Blue Beetle, Aqualad and Darkstar. He did a recent guest spot on TNT’s Leverage and I talked with him about it. You can read […]
Everyone loves baked goods, right? Even those of us who are watching our carbs can live vicariously by reading these unique recipes (but I’d give anything for just one bite of coffee cake…). I’ve truly never even heard of two of them, and the other is an old favorite that’s been republished. I’m pretty glad […]
Breakfast meat. It’s sort of an odd term when you think about it. Is there really any meat served at breakfast that you wouldn’t eat at any other time of the day? Perhaps they are called breakfast meats because they are served at breakfast and at any other time of the day. In any case, […]
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from making Rachael Ray’s recipes, it is to never underestimate her. A brief look at her recipes reveals few ingredients, simple combinations and easy preparation. At first glance, there’s nothing special about most of her dishes. So really, how good could they be? Well, they could be amazing, and […]
I don’t know what has gotten into me lately. I have been craving sweets. I don’t normally eat a lot of sweets. Most of the time I would rather have something salty like potato chips or popcorn, but for the last week I have had that gnawing ache in my belly for something sugary. I […]
To the owners of restaurants, diners, cafes, bistros, and grease trucks…Hi! Let’s talk about menu items, shall we? Over the past weekend I partook in one of your eating establishments. I won’t mention the name in order for you to avoid undo embarrassment. Let’s just say that it was a diner in a state on the […]
Gourmet cooking doesn’t have to entail hours of cooking with a list of ingredients longer than your normal grocery list. Create meals bursting with complex flavors that will please every food snob in your life, easily. I am a huge fan of the side dish. It doesn’t take much to give a side dish a […]
Alright. I’ve had it. I am sick and tired of being surrounded in my life by mayonnaise haters. It seems like everywhere I turn there is another person cursing this wonderful condiment. It’s particularly hard this time of year, when I want to have delicious mayonnaise-y food when I go to a cookout: pasta salad, […]
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…. Really, what could be fresher than a potato salad made up almost entirely of ingredients from this week’s CSA farm harvest? Yes, it’s true: with […]
