Thanksgiving may be my favorite holiday. Families gather. And as they surround the dining table ...

Growing up my mother and grandmother fed us picadillo, a dish of ground beef, potatoes, tomatos, ...

When people ask why my husband and I live in San Diego instead of moving back to Rhode Island, I ...

From the LA Times

Nothing celebrates summer quite like a fresh pie. It's as if we're taking the ...

Peas, alas, are not a spring vegetable, despite what legions of food writers would have you ...

I never remember the difference between a crisp, a crumble, and a cobbler (not to mention brown ...

When was the last time you ate something that made time stop and took you back to your childhood? ...

The Charcoaler in El Paso, Texas, looks like it fell out of time capsule from the 1950s. That is a ...

It was hard not to take it personally.

The moment my mother and I stumbled off the plane onto ...

I have a vivid memory of my parents entertaining friends on Christmas Eve in 1982.  My mother ...

Pulling together any dinner can be a challenge but Passover adds special obstacles. Besides ...

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Domaine Carneros Chocolate Truffles

Chocolate infused with Champagne - two great ...

“Now, I go on a diet.”

It is eight days into the new year when my temporary house dad in Rome has ...

I took a walk with my grandson Isaac a few weeks ago. We went to see the ducks. He knows what ducks ...

India: The Cookbook
The amount most of us knows about Indian cuisine is miniscule. And yet, who ...

I have to confess – my relationship to the barbecue is voyeur at best.  Occasionally, I’m assigned ...

As I was reading the introduction to Russell Van Kraayenburg’s cookbook, Haute Dogs: Recipes for ...