Will you join me for Give Thanks November? Leave a comment and tell me, what are you most thankful for today? As I’m sure I’ve mentioned before, my love of cooking comes from my wonderful mother and my grandma, her mother. Cooking as a way to bring people together and …
Happy Monday morning! What a better way to start the week than by thinking of what you are grateful for? (Even if it is gratitude for the warm covers that are keeping off the November chill.)
One of the first things to come to mind when I think about all that I have to be thankful for is my wonderful husband.
Sometimes, even in the midst of an incredibly blessed life, it is all to easy to forget what you have to be grateful for. It’s so easy to get caught up in the daily stresses, demands from others, and things that never seem to go right. Too easy to get …
Happy Halloween! I saw these mice first on Elle’s New England Kitchen and thought the idea was ingenious. A mouse-shaped truffle with a “bloody’ cherry center: who doesn’t like a truffle, and cherries and chocolate are the perfect pairing.
For the longest time risotto has intimidated me. I’m not sure if it was fear of not getting the texture just right, uncertainty about how to not turn the grain to mush, or just a lack of knowledge of the method. A fellow foodie co-worker recently told me flat out …
This is not your typical lasagna. You won’t find any tomatoes in here, just squash and other fantastic fall flavors.
There’s something to be said for making your own bread by hand. The soothing rhythm of kneading the dough. The anticipation as the dough rises. The choice of creativity or simplicity in shaping the loaf. The delightful, yeasty smells that escape from the oven as your creation bakes to perfection. …
You know that smell when you’ve had an apple pie baking? You know the way it permeates every corner of the house and makes you want to wrap up in a blanket in front of the fire with a big slice of gooey apple goodness? Do you ever crave that …
Our first squash of the season! Moving in and getting settled has really thrown our fall cooking. Normally we would have started going squash crazy sooner, but better late than never! I don’t know about you, but squash gets me excited. Acorn and butternut are my absolute favorites. (Aside from …