To steal a line from the Proctor’s Theatre Facebook status last night, ‘Fall is dressing up as Winter for Halloween this year.’ With yesterday’s snow, I thought it would be the perfect time for some soup! Well, that and, I had a bunch of poblano chile peppers from the garden to use before they went… Continue reading Poblano Pepper Soup
Isn’t that a great saying? My best friend Kelly texted it to me during a conversation about what she was doing Friday night. Her and her boyfriend were going to be carving pumpkins and invited me over with the stipulation B.Y.O.P. I literally started laughing out loud. Believe it or not it was the first… Continue reading B.Y.O.P. Bring Your Own Pumpkin
As if you needed another excuse to grab a piece of sweet, yummy chocolate, today is National Chocolate Day! My favorite is dark chocolate. I’ve found a small piece of dark, or really good, well made chocolate, satisfies my sweet cravings instantly. Dark chocolate can also be healthy for you. It contains flavonoids, which protect… Continue reading National Chocolate Day: My Top 5 Favorite Chocolates
Happy World Pasta Day! Here are six of my favorite pasta recipes in honor of World Pasta Day. Feel free to substitute gluten-free pasta for regular, or vice versa — I do it all the time. 🙂 Enjoy! 1. Fusilli With Lemon Basil Pesto 2. Pasta Caliente 3. Spaghetti with Garlic and Oil 4.… Continue reading 6 Favorite Pasta Recipes for World Pasta Day
Bertolli Olive Oil has partnered with Chef Fabio Viviani to create a one-stop iPad and iPhone app that brings you more than 5 hours of video right at your finger tips! No streaming required. The Let’s Cook app features 16 step-by-step video recipes in full HD, 100+ recipes hand-selected by Chef Fabio, a dozen of… Continue reading Let’s Cook App! With Chef Fabio Viviani and Bertolli Olive Oil {Plus Giveaway}
How adorable are these?! Tea cupcake molds! I picked them up last weekend at Happy Jacks in Bolton Landing, N.Y. I kept debating back and forth if I really wanted to spend $17.95 on bake and serve cupcake molds when I was trying to save money. In midst of this internal debate, the store’s owner… Continue reading Cute Tea Cupcake Molds
Since I have more eggplants than I know what to do with, I’m determined to incorporate them into my cooking in every way possible. In fact, look for my new e-book, “365 days of Eggplant,” on a Kindle near you. Just kidding! Well, maybe only sort of kidding. Anyway, I figured why not try it… Continue reading Grilled Eggplant Pizza
Ah, the weekend. It was supposed to be spent writing, updating my resume, sending out some new pitches, experimenting with a few recipes and writing. Lots and lots of writing. I owe three different outlets blog posts and I still need to write about all the fabulous opportunities we had and did while we were… Continue reading A Not-So-Simple Saturday
After Hurricane Irene, much of my garden was ruined. I was able to salvage a bunch of tomatoes and several zucchini, but all the great pepper plants, pumpkins, watermelons and corn were gone. The kale is still looking decent and I’m going to try to winterize them. The incident gave me a much better understanding… Continue reading Garden Surprises
This is one of my favorite photos from my recent trip to Disney World. We were walking into Animal Kingdom when I saw people looking up. That’s when I spotted this butterfly. I think the reason I like it so much is because it was just outside the park, so it was in a very… Continue reading Butterfly Flowers
