My son and daughter-in-law, Andy and Katie, and their sweet baby Claire were here for a few days. ...

The last time I made eggnog was in college. It was a recipe from one of the first cookbooks I ever ...

Patricia (Technicolor Kitchen) and I are at it again.  She and I are having so much fun thumbing ...

It's Spring, but you really wouldn't know it where I live. The rain has been relentless. But ...

Every year with the arrival of spring comes the short-lived season of ramps. From about April to ...

When I first wrote about quinoa two years ago, many of you empathized. You too had gone to a ...

It's May 12th, and asparagus season is nearly over here in Southern California. While the majority ...

On this very hot day I can’t stop thinking about the strawberry milkshake I inhaled for dessert at ...

When I first heard the phrase “ZaZa,” I thought it might have referred to some strange dance move ...

Boston's City Landing is across from Marriott Long Wharf and down the block from ferries that will ...

I went to New York recently to visit my daughter Lena, see her apartment and meet her dog, Fabio, a ...

I have always been a big proponent of deep-frying a turkey. It has been, until now, the juiciest ...

It was Halloween 1976 and the movie showing in town that week was "Carrie." Back then it didn't ...

When I was a kid growing up in Rhode Island, I never could understand all the fuss some families ...

All couples have the story of how they met. Ours comes with a small bit of fate – if you even ...

From the LA Times

In a world overstuffed with weighty, glossy celebrity chef cookbooks, it would be ...

What would the holiday season be without desserts? And booze? Fortunately, the sassy ladies behind ...

It’s back to school and that means bag lunches. Or maybe like me, you don’t have school age kids, ...