Anyone else feeling the impact of the dark days this year? Maybe I am just getting older, but it has been particularly hard for me to adjust to it getting pitch black by 4:30 pm. In these gloomy days of winter, I judiciously rely on three very important things to …
Just the name Chicken Provencal has the wistful name of a foreign dish, and because of the it must be good but complicated. I can tell you first hand that rarely am I drawn to complicated foods. If I see a recipe with lists of unnecessary ingredients and redundant directions, …
It’s the most crazy time of the year! Or so the holiday song goes, although I think they say “wonderful” rather than “crazy”. And while the holidays certainly can be magical, a buzz starts to ring in my ears right about now. We all have food to make – a …
About a month before Thanksgiving, my family and I go through the list of side dishes that will be divvied up among us cooks who will contribute to the most important eating meal of the year. While we do our best to lean on this side of healthy, you know …
Extreme days call for extreme measures – and on this Election day this means some comfort food. Whether you are voting Hilary or Trump, or going rogue with the Green Party, the tension in the air is heavy. Tomorrow, half of our country will be divided in ways that I …