I did an episode of Iron Chef two summers ago with a very talented chef named Joe Isidori. I got to eat approximately 15 courses of steak prepared by him and Bobby Flay. It was pure heaven. I just wish I could have distributed those meals out over a longer period of time... they had…
I haven't spent much time with garlic scapes. Ramps yes, green garlic yes, wild garlic yes, wild onions yes, garlic scapes no.But they behave similarly to the others mentioned above and since their curly tendrils at the farmers market looked rather inviting, I decided to play with them.This is what I made, and I think…
Aren't you desperately curious to know what I did with those cherries I picked from my cherry tree with my homemade cherry picker?Well let me show you...
My arms got rather tired and I wasn't especially ambitious about getting them all that evening, since it seemed like an impossible feat. But! I had enough to make…
Since we're officially in Spring now, herbs are going to take over my life. I love every minute of it.They are growing like wildfire on my deck and on a stump in the front of my house. It thrills me to the core.So I'm going to do everything I can to embrace them. First up:…
Sometimes in the colder months, we need a little spice in life to keep things lively. And sometimes when I cook in these months, I get into a rut and feel like I'm making the same things over and over again. What I love about this recipe is that it is an instant way to…
Here I am with another homemade holiday gift idea! On a scale of 1 to 10, how far along are you with your Christmas shopping? I have a little poll on my sidebar that you can take. I'm about 50%... it's a Christmas miracle really, since I usually am down to the wire.Here is a…
Hi there. I just got back from some Thanksgiving traveling. I drove all the way up through the state of Texas and into Oklahoma for the very first time! The clouds were looming and there was a rain storm and it was thrilling.I'd thought I'd share some of my favorite homemade holiday gift ideas in…
This week I'm doing a series of Thanksgiving recipes before I announce some big news next week. Get ready!I'm going to call this series "Thanksgiving Revisited: How to spice up your Thanksgiving dinner."It includes a lot of the usual food themes but with a little twist or two.First off, is the wonderful irreplacable cranberry dish.…
I've decided that I might be insane. For example, I drove up to Dallas last night after attending a very important pumpkin carving party where I ate ribs and chicken legs like a cave woman.I couldn't tell how fast I was going because for some reason the speedometer on my car changed to kilometers so…