Yesterday was Groundhog Day and the reports are that Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow and we're in for 6 more weeks of winter, al...

If Christmas can be said to have a vegetable, I think the honor would go to brussels sprouts. They are a fabulous winter accompaniment to a ...

My extended family has gotten in the tradition of eating a simple Mexican meal on Christmas Eve, centered on a chicken soup that my sister-i...

For the past few months my freezer has been holding a carefully wrapped package of 4 boneless "airline" chicken breasts (boneless ...

This was another joint cooking effort with my husband on a Sunday afternoon. A few days earlier he had been paging through my impulse-buy ...

I found this recipe for greens in my big yellow Gourmet Cookbook . It is a Brazilian recipe, and is simple as can be (3 ingredients, incl...

There is a chicken thigh under all that wonderful sauce and garnish! Over breakfast on Sunday, my husband reads the newspaper. Last week he ...

I've got a confession to make: I was an extremely picky eater as a child. On many evenings you could find me sitting at the dinner tabl...

Black bean soup is one of the signature dishes at the Union Square Cafe in New York. When I ate there a year ago, I ordered this soup. It...

Food blogging has its positives and negatives. On the plus side, we're eating a whole lot more variety, as I either stumble across new ...

Isn't it funny that once you become obsessed with something, you tend to see it everywhere? Ever since my love affair with with Benton...

If I can be said to have a "signature" dish, it would be my macaroni and cheese. I started with the basic Mueller's recipe a...

I'm a Northern transplant (and a picky eater as a child) so "field peas" ("cowpeas," "Southern peas"), in ...

I mentioned earlier my discovery of Benton bacon cut into lardons . Although we eat very little pork, we've become mildly obsessed w...

This recipe from Cooking Light called my name from the minute I saw it on my computer screen. I knew it would go well with our favorite c...