Yes Virginia, there is more to life than takeout and the microwave
With this years supply of Blood Orange’s coming to a end, I’ve been getting my fill of those juicy delectable oranges. My first contact with those ruby red fleshed beauties came on my first trip to Rome when the hotel we stayed at served a red orange juice that I mistakenly took for grapefruit [...]
The much awaited beginning of Spring has finally arrived but somehow Mother Nature got the order of events confused. March is supposed to come in like a Lion and go out like a Lamb! We’ll evidently the Lion ate the Lamb, and decided to stick around a bit longer. The calendar may say Spring, but the [...]
A few years ago I had the pleasure of meeting Brooks Walker through Foodbuzz, and from the moment I saw his first creation I knew this man was destined for great things. His blog name spoke to me…… “Cakewalker” which immediately elevated him to the level of Jedi Master of Cake Bakers….. With my hectic [...]
I’m not a very experienced bread baker, but the dough’s that I have learned to make are not only very easy to work with, they also make exceptional products. I’ve using and teaching the Artisan no knead bread for the past few years, and it makes a delicious crusty loaf of bread. And about a [...]
What a week this has been! With school cancelled due to the devastation that Hurricane Sandy has brought to the area, it makes you realize just how little control we really have over anything. But the human spirit is amazing, we can face insurmountable odds, lose everything dear to us, and still find the strength to get back [...]
Recently I received a request from my District Manager to help him with a project for a magazine article. He knows I’m a food blogger and that I enjoy developing recipes and also that I do a pretty good job with images. So before I asked him what he wanted me to make I said yes. [...]
