Everything is Better with Bacon

I love Labor Day weekend.  In fact, one year ago this Monday, I married my handsome husband on a sunny beach.  To celebrate the weekend an...

If you have read my blog long enough, you'll know that I hope to be Ina Garten in my next life and pretty much worship the ground she ...

I know, I know. It's been forever. In fact, the longest time between posts EVER. But there is a good reason for this. Dear Reader, I...

I'm off to Toronto this week for work and guess what...I've never been there. So when I think of Canada, I think Poutine . This re...

Ok, I've been so MIA but...I got engaged and I've been drinking champagne for the last week! Do you forgive me? The Oscars are righ...

The Super Bowl is just around the corner and that means it's time to start menu planning for a long day of drinking filled with snacks a...

It's starting to cool down across the country which means it's time to start thinking about hearty comfort food dishes. Nothing bea...

This week, I invited a group of friends up from the city to do a day of wine tasting, swimming and BBQ at our place in Napa. I figured that...

For those of you that didn't grow up with mass quantities of pimento cheese in your fridge at all times, I'm sorry. My mom always h...

I wanted to host a fuss-free brunch so the first dish that came to mind was quiche . I haven't made a quiche since college so when I wen...

When I think of romance, I think of melted cheese. Don't you? Regardless if you agree or disagree there is something romantic about fon...

There will always be the battle between NYC and Chicago- Who's pizza reigns supreme? The truth is that their styles are so different th...

My first week of pasta making was trial and error at its finest. I thought I could just 'figure it out' but it turned out that a co...

Every Christmas it's safe to say that I am going to rack in a bunch of cooking loot. This year was the year of pasta. When I returned ...

Since our family has grown to include significant others, children and friends, my mom asked everyone if there were any traditions that they...

Most of my food cravings usually include cheese. Even though San Francisco is a great town for ethnic foods, I miss Chicago's Greek To...

As you all know, I am a Food Network junkie. However there are a few shows that I don't really love as much of the others. That'...

My mother always has pimento cheese in the fridge and it's amazing that I don't weigh 500 pounds. Pimento cheese is a southern deli...

As some of you know, my sister and I celebrate Cheese Thursday's. Each week, we switch houses and one of us cooks dinner. The dish sho...

My sister's husband has a night class each Thursday for law school. I am telling you this because it allows my sister some culinary fre...