July 2013 "Farm Week" is a collection of daily posts recapping a summer of Farm Dinners... "Why travel the world when you could shop here?" This is the question on…
November 2012 "What do you want to do tonight?" I asked my special one in the morning. "Well, I don't really want to plan anything becaaaause... we have an 8:30pm…
July 2012 To my father, a "vegetarian diet" is what you feed a cow. Hence, I was reared on animal protein. Though I had a very brief stint in the…
June 2012 As often as I can, I moonlight [in the daylight hours though, because that's when the lighting is better] as a food stylist for Pittsburgh based photographer Adam…
January 20, 2012 Not only am I the youngest of five, but I was my parents' late life, "miracle" baby. What does that mean? It means I do not shy…
We're raising a glass with a Swedish 75 to toast Chef Nik Forsberg and his team as they pursue their restaurant dreams, and YOU can help them reach their goal!…
At this point in the year, the warmth of the oven is a bigger motivation to bake than the sweet reward. I run cold, and yet, as cold as I am, I will always say yes to ice cream, so here’s a short and sweet plug for making homemade pumpkin ice cream.
I don’t toss around superlatives like “game-changing” often, so believe me when I say this chocolate avocado frosting is worth trying. The almond-flour, avocado cake is so rich, creamy, moist, and chocolaty, I made it twice – once to celebrate my birthday in Florida and once to celebrate my birthday at a wintry cabin in Pennsylvania (I’m big on birthday celebrations).