Spring Brunch

Another one from the archives… Life has gotten in the way of cooking, but I’m hoping things will calm down soon.  In the meantime, enjoy this menu (complete with recipe links) - and if you’re planning to celebrate the moms in your life, just add love!  Just in time for Mothers’ Day, here is a spring brunch [...]

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A Thrifty Challenge

As a foodie… and as someone who loves fresh produce… my grocery bills can get pretty high.  Between the piles of fruits and veg, the nice cheeses that we bring home, and treats like fun spices that somehow find their way into the cart, I often find myself with teeth on edge, wondering how I [...]

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Thanksgiving

Our first married Thanksgiving… now we’re on five and counting! How many of you have watched the show “Dharma and Greg” from the nineties?  Show of hands?  Anybody?  Bueller?  Anyway, it’s a great show – I used to watch it religiously with my mom, and the show had some fantastic quotes that still apply to [...]

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A Dinner to Welcome Fall

Well, I’m officially here.  I’ve joined the rest of the world in the land of turning leaves, crisp days and chilly nights, hot cocoa, pumpkins, apple-picking, and wool sweaters.  Now that I’ve hopped on board with this fall thing (it’s only October 1st!), I feel it’s only right to welcome the season properly with a [...]

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Anniversary Dinner

The view from our balcony at the Ocean Club, Paradise Island, on our honeymoon four years ago. When an occasion is truly special, it calls for a special dinner.  But that doesn’t have to mean going out to a restaurant!  In fact, there are some times – like Valentine’s Day, for instance – when I [...]

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