There’s something magical about a good bean dip. Sometimes it’s the perfect hummus, drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled with paprika. Other times it’s a spicy black bean dip threatening to ooze over the side of your organic blue corn chip if you don’t scoop it into your mouth in time. But today, I’m thinking […]
This isn’t really a test drive, per se. This is one of my favorite recipes, and I just wanted to make sure that all of you had a chance to try it. Giada’s Farfalle with Broccoli is a super easy, delicious meal that is simple enough to make on any week night. I love to […]
I make salad nicoise a lot. I mean a lot. And I’ve never made it the same way twice. Sometimes, I do it very traditionally and pared down, with just greens, potatoes, green beans, olives and tuna. Other times, I’ll make a salad nicoise with a twist, and change out the olives for capers and […]
Far be it from me to ever assume that northern New Hampshire wouldn’t have any good restaurants to choose from. Granted, they are few and far between, but isn’t everything up there? You have to drive 20 miles just to find a gas station, let alone a gourmet restaurant. There are a couple of gems […]
I love French toast. You probably don’t know that, since my boys are obsessed with pancakes and muffins, so we just never seem to make it anymore. Well, I’m going to work on them this week, and tempt them so completely that they will not be able to resist my Ezekiel cinnamon raisin bread French […]
While the weather out West here has been fairly hot lately I was watching the news and they were talking about how cold it has been back in New York. I also have friends on Twitter from Michigan and Wisconsin that have been telling me about how cold it has been there. As I sit […]
I may not have met any yet, but they do exist. A friend of mine is cooking for a bunch of people at a festival she helps organize every year, and around ten of them are vegetarians. She gets stressed out enough as it is trying to cook for a bunch of people, but the […]
If I wanted to try out a new beer, I could always head out to the local (and awesome) Julio’s Liquors and spend hours trying to decide what that new something will be. But sometimes the easiest place to find a new kind of beer is at someone else’s house. And who do doesn’t love […]
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…. Like Molly, I champion the homemade salad dressing, and I’d go so far as to say I shun the bottled monstrosities out there. I feel […]
I have a problem, a serious problem. I can’t stop buying Le Creuset cookware. Alright, I suppose it’s not really that much of a problem. My wallet may argue otherwise, but at least I know all the beautiful enamel-covered cast iron cookware is going to last forever. I just sometimes wonder how many other single […]
