Happy Halloween to all of the ghouls and goblins out there on this spooooky day! We just had our first snowstorm of the season so it’s a classic, chilly Colorado Halloween. When I was a kid, we almost always had to have a costume that could accommodate a winter coat – Or at least snow …
Let’s talk about brownies. They have an interesting little history – Brownies came into being thanks to socialite and philanthropist, Bertha Palmer, the head of the Board of Lady Managers for the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. She asked the Palmer House Hotel’s pastry chefs to come up with a dessert that could be easily …
Hello friends! I hope this summer day is finding you well. It has been unusually rainy in Colorado this year… which makes for a wonderfully green landscape… and lots of mushrooms. So. Many. Yard mushrooms. I think I’ve spent every morning this week digging poisonous mushrooms out of my yard. As every Coloradan says, “we …
Last year I set out to test recipes for my favorite type of chocolate chip cookie. I researched. I tried and tested so many variations. I ate… So. Many. Cookies. I felt a little bit like Monica in that FRIENDS episode when she tried to replicate Phoebe’s grandmother’s recipe – you know the one – …
There is something quite nostalgic and comforting about homemade pot roast. I know my parents made pot roast – we’d have it for dinner from time to time. But it was never really a staple in my house. Which, at the time, I was ok with because growing up, I never really was a fan …
If there were one meal I could eat every day and not get tired of, it would probably be tacos. It’s the perfect food, really. Take a tortilla of your choice, toppings of your choice, condiments of your choice, and BAM! Taco! They can be authentic or with a twist, crunchy or soft, spicy or mild, …
This amped up healthy classic tuna salad is just perfect for the warmer weather that we’re starting to get. I don’t know about you, but when the sun comes out and heats up the air, I always crave easy, light, summery meals – and this recipe is just ideal for that. It’s a more grown-up …
I absolutely love spring. The first hint of warm weather, rainy afternoons, flowers poking up through the ground, and the beginning of farmer’s market season – If you know me, you know I love a good farmer’s market. Every year, the fresh springtime produce has me feeling a certain kind of way… And that way …
If you asked me what my favorite sandwich was, I would say I have five: Cubanos, my grandmother’s ham sandwiches, liverwurst and tomato with mayo (don’t knock it ‘til you try it), BLT, and egg salad. Because an egg salad sandwich is just something with which you can’t go wrong. You can make it old …
I have been on a springtime produce kick this year. I actually sat down and made a list of all the seasonal fruits and veggies I wanted to cook with in the upcoming weeks. And peas made the top of the list. I love a good, old-fashioned pea salad. You know the one – Peas …
