Who would have thunkit that Spaghetti Squash could be so good with Shellfish! The first time I every had shellfish with pasta was when we were in Italy three years ago (I would really like to go back someday with our kids and their families.). When I usually think of pasta, I think of red sauce with [...]

The 2009 October Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to us by Ami S. She chose macarons from Claudia Fleming’s The Last Course: The Desserts of Gramercy Tavern as the challenge recipeOOKS This is my first attempt at making French Style Macarons — will I make them again? I call these M&M Macarons for two reasons. First [...]

Not your traditional chili. The chicken and white beans are wonderful in this fall favorite. I love any recipe with white beans listed in the ingredients.  Not to sound like Forrest Gump, but I like white bean hummus, white beans with cornbread, cassoulet (we made a wonderful one the year we did French country dinner theme), [...]

Ya know, it isn’t always just about the food. Yesterday I had to work until 6:00. I don’t do that often, and when I left the house I told my husband that I wouldn’t be cooking dinner. This August we  celebrated our 40th anniversary. Add to that the 6 years we dated (steady in high school, [...]

I love mushrooms and this little tapas is a winner to go with a glass of wine while you sit in front of your crackling fireplace (or any other time). One of the things we do every year on the day AFTER Thanksgiving is to have our family “feast”. We have been doing this for almost eight [...]