Food

Aaaah Christmas cookies! They are just about one of my favorite things in the world- the coming together of everything I love about the holi...

I stuck with it! Today I prepared the doughs for pumpkin pie and onion pie. I also made the turkey stock, which isn't difficult, but ...

3 Days to go! I hope that you are at least thinking about your menu for the biggest feasting day of the year. I decided that I would final...

In the past have shared with you many of my favorite restaurants. I like to keep this blog positive, but after my dinner out last Friday, I...

Apple Crisp INGREDIENTS 5-7 apples, peeled, cored and chopped into wedges 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 4 teaspoons fresh lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon of ...

Below are the most ridiculously adorable measuring cups you have every seen in your life, courtesy of Anthropologie (in order of what I thin...

Crystallized ginger (also known as candied ginger) is not something new, but lately I have been wanting to put it on and in everything I coo...

Hey, check out this website! If you want to be a pastry chef like me, or just go to culinary school, then this will help your search for the...

It's not because of the half-priced cocktails and well drinks. I discovered the wonder of happy hour about two years ago. You see, it...

...and other fun with squash. My first idea for this blog was to celebrate fall by giving you an extensive list of great websites that have ...

"Please be advised that Gourmet magazine will cease publication after the November issue." ...is what I saw the other day when I w...

Let's acknowledge the truth- while it can add so much to a meal, the consumption and/or appreciation of wine is not a necessity here is ...

By accident, we discovered brunch at the Four Seasons hotel in Downtown Seattle. There is a restaurant in the hotel called "Art."...

If anyone is interested...Here is a list of recent (and by recent, I mean the past year) purchases for my kitchen that I am happy with. Wust...

Occasionally, I like a vanilla latte. Whenever I run into a coffee shop to get one, I always slow down for a minute and look at the people...

I didn't intend for that last blog to be such a downer. I had an absolutely amazing time in Crete, and was (am) going through withdrawa...

Ok, so the last couple of weeks have been absolutely insane! August 16: My sister Skypes us from Chania, Crete (Greece, that is), and inform...

Last year, this very same thing happened. The weather, as though it knew it was September 1, suddenly felt cooler and was undoubtedly raini...

I purchased a little book the other day, just because it made me laugh. It's full of one-liners regarding money, consumerism, and the ...

I have very mixed feelings about the new guidelines for sugar intake that the American Heart Association has recently come out with. The b...