February 2009

Let’s Dish: Quirks in cooking

5 comments February 18, 2009

Rewind about 20 years and you would have found me working at a pizza joint. And if you had been a fly on the wall, you would have witnessed my [...]

BBQ Chicken Drumettes

2 comments February 17, 2009

When Haley was old enough to start eating table food, I went full steam ahead. Nothing was off limits, assuming it was safe. Fruit and veggies were easy and pretty [...]

Ode to the Tomato

4 comments February 11, 2009

Pablo Neruda, author of my all-time favorite poem Sonnet 17, also wrote another poem that seems appropriate to post here. This is the English translation. If you prefer the authentic [...]

Chocolate Cake with Kahlua and Coffee

9 comments February 9, 2009

This is a recipe that was made at a baby shower I attended several years ago and has become a standard dessert in my house. It’s rich and moist, and [...]

Broccoli Salad

1 comment February 9, 2009

My friend, Nicole, made this for me years ago. Ever since then it’s been my “go-to” salad whenever we have a large group over or are invited someplace where there [...]

Let’s Dish: Left-overs, friend or foe?

9 comments February 4, 2009

As a child, I used to hate left-overs. Nothing compared to a fresh cooked meal, where all the items still had their vibrant color, nothing was sticking together, and the [...]