Today’s post comes to you from New York City.  I’m on the East Coast for this year’s Kosher Food and Wine Experience and if it’s anything like last year’s event, it really will be a celebration of kosher wine and fine dining.  While I’m travelling, some of my fellow food enthusiasts have kindly offered to...

There’s a beauty about the Pacific Northwest that lends itself to it’s food.  The climate brings out the best in the produce, the ocean offers fresh fish and the people are as friendly as they are in the Mid-West.  It’s a great place for food! Seattle inspired my Garlic Stuffed Figs, and today, California inspires...

Comfort food has its own special meaning to each and every one of us.  For you it might be apple pie, for me this recipe brings me great comfort, and for someone else it might be some chicken goodness stuffed inside a pretzel.  Yes.  That just happened.  That’s what Dan Whalen is all about.  Stuffing awesome...

A couple of weeks ago a this recipe started popping up all over my Facebook feed.  It looks delicious, right?  I thought this would be an awesome family dinner, but when I took a look at the ingredients, I felt like this was different from how I usually cook.  I just don’t have a sweet...

The cornish pasty is not very well known here in the US, and that’s a shame.  You see, the combination of beef, root vegetables and delightfully soft pastry is a food combination that deserves to be celebrated . The pasty was first referenced in British culture as early as the 13th century and it’s thought...

The word of the week is overwhelmed.  I’m not sure if it was the project at work that took an intense amount of time and energy, the 12 inches of snow, or the fact that there hasn’t been much down time on this end for a while.  I’ve been so overwhelmed this week that I worry...

If you follow me on Facebook, you might now that each Sunday, I plan the menu for the week.  Sometimes, my kitchen whiteboard tells me exactly what to cook, other night’s I’ll jot down the primary ingredient so I have a starting point or know what to defrost, and then I’ll take it from there....

There’s nothing like starting the day with the smell of freshly baked bread.  It warms the home from the kitchen and can really be served with pretty much anything.  If guests stop by, they never fail to notice the smell if loaves of bread are baking in the oven.  I love the taste of freshly...