I consider myself a very healthy eater. I also consider myself as a mother that offers healthy delicious options to my kids. So why do I also feed them a salad bowl of vitamin + mineral supplements? Should I or shouldn’t I? I asked a few experts and here is what they said: Vitamins + […]
For the past two weeks, I’ve been in a perpetual state of tears over the passing our family’s best dog. I have been so grateful for all the emails, texts, phone calls, notes, gifts, and hugs! I have been reminded of what it means to live in a great community and how fortunate our family […]
I have made Fish en Papillote dozens of times. It is one of my favorite ways to prepare fish. This method accentuates the fresh clean flavors of the fish and vegetables you add to each little package while maintaining my standard of being simple to make {and clean}. This week, I continue, Cooking My Way Through La Tartine […]
Starting with my daughter’s birthday in July, it seems as if we are always celebrating a birthday around here. Second up is my son’s, who this year requested a chocolate cake with vanilla frosting ala cookies + cream style. I remembered this beauty from Eat, Live, Run and decided to give it a try. It […]
I love this time of year in the kitchen. Who am I kidding, I love any time of year in the kitchen. But when it’s fig season, I’m really happy. Figs are the unsung hero of early fall produce. We start to see pumpkin recipes everywhere, but it seems figs are unfairly overlooked. The natural […]
Summer Rolls are one of those foods that I have wanted to try to make for a long time, but have always been nervous for some reason about using the rice paper. Nervous, yes it’s silly I realize. Maybe it was because I wasn’t even sure where to find them in my market. But I was […]
This is a classic Barefoot Contessa Recipe. I have to credit Ina Garten for teaching me how to cook. I bought her first cookbook in 1999, the year I met my husband. I loved food and cooking before I knew Ina Garten, but my real learning about cooking and baking came from her, a self-taught […]