With Cinco de Mayo coming up, I've been seeing recipes for this traditional Mexican cake popping up on Pinterest and various food blo...

So it's a gloomy, rainy day in New York city. That reminds me of one of my favorite old songs by the band Chicago - "Another Rai...

This past weekend was rainy and quite chilly in New York compared to the warm weather we've been enjoying. Oh well, the flowers need...

Today I'm guest posting over at Young Grasshopper . If you haven't already met Heidi, you'll quickly learn that she has a w...

Did you ever see a photo or read a recipe for something that made you instantly know you will make that? That's how I felt when I sa...

This is Hadley, affectionately known to my blog readers as the furry sous chef. At various times, Brian and I also refer to her as doggi...

Alice's Tea Cup Chapter III, 220 East 81st St., New York, NY 10028, 212-734-4TEA www.alicesteacup.com This "chapter" o...

Sometime during the first couple of months that Brian and I were dating, we'd spent a lovely summer day in Central Park and then stop...

Brian and I traditionally celebrate Passover at his mother's house with both our families in attendance. She always cooks up a lavish...

These delicate dumplings are so comforting and have always been at the top of my holiday favorites list. Last year I posted about my lon...

Though spring officially began at the end of March, for me there's something about the first week of April that fully brings on the ...

It's cocktail Friday and time for a new drink. But Brian and I are still really loving last week's Springtime Martini . And so, w...

I am feeling the love around here lately, let me tell you!  In addition to my previous Liebster and Sunshine awards, I've just been the ...

What's for dinner? I used to flip through cookbooks for inspiration but now I "flip" through Pinterest and Food Gawker. Don...

The East River at 28th - 32nd Sts, New York, NY 10016, 212-683-3333 www.thewaterclub.com The Water Club was built in 1982 on Manhatt...

The start of spring is an occasion well worth celebrating with a cocktail. Of course, I tend to think that the arrival of Friday is to be...

Happy first day of spring! Yesterday was the official end of my least favorite season and this morning is to be sunny and 65 degrees in N...

For the past few months my bestie has been going on and on about some cocktail that she and her hubs had on their way to Montauk last sum...

A number of years ago I had the pleasure of working with a few Irish clients and, consequently, found myself frequently dining at Irish r...

On Saturday, Brian and I were invited to a friend's house for dinner. When I asked her a few days prior what she'd like us to bri...

That, at least, is the opinion of Chock Chip Uru, the resident kitchen diva over at Go Bake Yourself , who has given me the Sunshine Awar...

I was going to call this recipe a chili but I didn't want to start a debate on what does or does not constitute authentic chili. So I...

I've been having fun with Pinterest, adding my pins and looking at other people's inspirations to fuel my own. It's certainly m...

Since this past week featured both National Margarita Day and National Tortilla Chip Day, it seemed appropriate to have Mexican food ov...

I frequently have The Food Network on in the background when I'm puttering around the house and every once in a while I see somet...

I am very fortunate to have love in my life and Brian and I took the time on Valentine's Day to present each other with a few gesture...

Happy Valentine's Day! To round out my other romantic culinary creations is this ooey, gooey chocolate dessert. Lava cakes have been ...

Did I say savory? For Valentine's Day? Yup, because man cannot live on chocolate alone. Women can, of course, but I find that men n...

I was so very pleased when I checked my email and found a message from the lovely Ingrid at The Cozy Apron.  She said I deserved the Lieb...

Those of you that follow this blog should know that I can't let a holiday pass without creating an appropriate drink! For this past n...

What to make for a romantic breakfast on Valentine's Day? Brian's not a big breakfast eater so he's not interested in the ful...

We conclude our three part cocktail series with the king of all cocktails, shaken, not stirred, the classic martini. According to the ...

A lot of the fun of having cocktails out, apart from the social atmosphere, is watching bartenders perform their magic tricks. But for a...

There are some great reasons to make cocktails at home. It's much less expensive, we can customize the strength and sweetness to ou...

When the holidays are over and it's just cold and dreary and bleak (can you tell we don't like winter?), how nice it is to come h...

160-24 Willets Point Boulevard, Queens, NY 11357, 718-281-4210 Last Sunday, Brian and I drove to his mother's house in Queens to t...

Mashed potatoes, again? Sure, we all love them. Especially when they're laden with lots of artery blocking butter and cream. Or, my...

The Hungry (and Happy) Couple As we get ready to welcome 2012, I'm in the kitchen cooking, my little furry sous chef by my side. Bri...

Brian's not much of a champagne drinker so, with New Year's Eve coming, I wanted to make a festive cocktail that didn't rely ...

I love the Christmas music that's playing all around and every time I hear The Carpenter's "Home for the Holidays" wi...

The flavor of gingerbread is, of course, a holiday staple. Traditionally made with molasses, gingerbread cakes are dark but this easy sco...

This tastes so completely, wonderfully, amazingly good! After we'd polished off  the Thanksgiving leftovers and every last shred of...

It was near the end of my first week at a new job and I was exhausted. It's so stressful to be the new kid, even when you're seni...

I'm usually a raw carrot muncher but I tend to like serving them as a cooked side veggie when I have company for dinner. I find that ...

221 South Riverside Avenue, Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520, 914-271-8868 How do you review a restaurant that you visit once a year, on th...

If you're not a fan of the ubiquitous Thanksgiving marshmallow and yam casserole or if you're just looking for a simpler way to...

The first time I tasted this salad was at one of our favorite restaurants and, quite frankly, the combination didn't sound like it ...

The desire to order a rich delectable goat cheese tart as an appetizer in a restaurant is usually tempered by the rueful realization tha...

I hadn't thought much about sweet potatoes all summer but the combination of cooler weather, and a colleague's semi- obsession wi...

Last night I was really in the mood for my risotto tart so I began assembling the ingredients and reached for my spring-form pan. But the...

Sous chef Hadley swapped her chef hat for something more holiday appropriate to wish everyone a very Happy Halloween!

This close to Halloween, we've all seen our share of pumpkin cocktails, typically made with vodka. So...a rum based pumpkin cocktail ...