I’ve never made pie crust. Ever. I was the girl who would buy it in the grocery store, unroll it and bake. My mom always made good pie crust. Everyone loved her pies because the crust was always good and flakey. I just never learned. I don’t know what made me decide to try it after … Read more
If you asked my husband about cooking with shrimp he would say there would only be two ways to do it….with cocktail sauce or as shrimp scampi. There are no other options. Well, until now that is. I was in the mood to make something spicy for dinner. And that included something with shrimp. You know how it … Read more
Dessert. Sometimes we all have to have some….and especially if it’s chocolate. That was my husband and I not too long ago. We wanted something with chocolate, something gooey and warm…what to have? We couldn’t decide. But, as luck would have it, I was looking through recipes by one of my favorite chefs, Ina Garten, … Read more
The fourth annual “Don’t Let your Meatloaf” party happened in my neighborhood this past weekend. It was the first time my husband and I had been invited to the event and I was terribly excited about going. A party geared towards cooking something? Right up my alley. The rule was no garlic. Not sure the hows and whys … Read more
Valentine’s Day. Most people are going out to dinner, sending flowers or eating pounds of chocolate. In my earlier life, I may have wanted all that but I have to say as I’ve gotten older it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. Sorry Hallmark….but I think you should show the people in your life that … Read more
A couple of years ago, my husband Peter and I were in Las Vegas. It was dinner time and we were starving because of the three-hour time difference in our normal eating routine. Like the other casinos, they had so many restaurants for us to choose from and most of them were unfamiliar to us. However, after some discussion, we decided … Read more
What is it about a girl’s night that gets me all excited? We used to have them all the time but now with all our busy lives, if we can get together once a month, we’re lucky! And because of that, it makes our times together so much better…and so much more fun! I guess the thought … Read more
Julie and Julia….a movie about a blogger who takes on the infamous Julia Child’s cookbook. I liked it so much, I think I must have watched it three times the first day I bought the DVD. I enjoyed the French cooking class scenes, Meryl Streep’s character and the cooking project Julie challenged herself with…… but the Boeuf Bourguignon scene really seemed to catch my attention. I’m … Read more
There are two critically important things I learned this weekend in making caramel. The first is that the process can go very fast so if you aren’t paying attention, you can ruin it in a nano-second. Burnt sugar does not make for a good tasting caramel. The second thing I learned (and this could be … Read more
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