This might be one of the most hybrid recipes I've ever created and it all started with me wanting to use up a big haul of late summer...

It still amazes me how much I disliked tomatoes when I was a kid and how I now can't pass up a ripe batch of these gorgeous August be...

Peaches tend to get all the late summer love but I'm just as obsessed with nectarines this year. They're usually piled next to th...

Happy birthday to me and, true to form, I've made my own birthday cake. This year I took a break from my normal cheesecake obsession ...

I normally don't expect to find sweet ripe peaches around here until August but this year the selection has been amazing. When I see ...

The search for healthier snacks is pretty much ongoing in my house. I periodically whip out my mandoline, slice up some sweet potatoes an...

Summer corn has been on repeat in my house lately. That natural sweetness, paired up with butter and seasoning is hard to resist this tim...

This summer has barely gotten started but I'm already obsessed with all the sweet summer melons. I can't seem to walk past them i...

Have you ever tried cape gooseberries? Some of you might be saying you've never even seen them and, that's possible. They're ...

One of my favorite meatless meals is a great falafel sandwich. Those little balls of chickpeas and spices are seriously so delicious and ...

When I was growing up in New York, biscuits and gravy was not a dish I encountered. My mother didn't make them at home and none of th...

Mint juleps might be the official drink of the Kentucky Derby but they're also just a great summer drink. With simple ingredients lik...

Have you all seen those mile-high, extra fluffy, souffle type Japanese pancakes that are taking over the internet? I resisted for a long ...

Usually, when I eat something really great at a restaurant or on vacation, I come home and am immediately inspired to recreate it. But ev...

The weather this past Saturday was so gorgeous that it absolutely called for my first farmer's market haul of the season. I came home...

I should start a series of posts about how to get dinner on the table in close to zero minutes given how often I find myself with nothing...

Is there a better cooking smell than onions, slowly caramelizing in a pan? For me, it's the ultimate in savory deliciousness and the ...

We all know what to do with those leftover, over-ripe bananas, right? They're just begging to be made into banana bread for breakfast...

I think we can all agree that the worst part of cooking is the cleaning. So when my good friend, Lauren Keating, told me she was writing ...

I hesitated slightly to call this dish a cassoulet because the original is a French casserole that includes white beans, duck confit as w...

For me, watching the Oscar's or even a marathon of nominated movies, is more fun with a crowd. And what food is more associated with ...

After an indulgent holiday season, I spent a sad, bleak cookie-free January and thank goodness that's over and it's cookie time a...

This post is sponsored by FAGE. However, all thoughts and opinions are my own. Did you make any new year's resolutions? I definit...

When the temperature outside is 5 degrees with a wind chill of OMG, don't go out there, I make soup. I pretty much live on soup in Ja...

Hot, gooey, creamy, cheesy...I have your attention, right? January diet? Um...calories don't count while watching football. Or award ...

For the past few years, lots of us have been spreading avocados on toast and loving it. I do too. But I've actually been spreading hu...

One of my favorite things to cook is a chuck roast in a big Dutch oven pot. I fill the pot with onions, carrots, beef stock, red wine and...

Maybe it's just me but some years seem to move fast while others crawl by slowly. For me, 2018 went by quickly. It had its ups and do...

This is definitely the season for breaking out the champagne and toasting. I actually like bubbly wines a lot but, somehow, I rarely get ...

For me, this has been the season of gingerbread. I can't seem to get enough of those flavors. Maybe it's because I didn't lik...

My European mother came to the US as an adult and had to learn American foods and holiday customs. She liked the idea of them but wasn...

This is a sponsored post, written by me, on behalf of Eckrich Smoked Sausage. I think one of the reasons that people love this time ...

I love desserts in little jars and always have. Not only do I enjoy having a little pot of something delicious all to myself but, even be...

The chances of my getting through the holiday season without buying at least one container of egg nog are basically zero. It's such a...

One of the many, many reasons we all love tacos is how easy they are to prepare, right? Make a few simple things and set up a DIY taco st...

Three days left until the big Thanksgiving feast so let's talk about food stresses. For me, for many years, it was the gravy. I was t...

My favorite thing about this time of year is the focus on gathering. Whether it's family or friends or even new friends like the grea...

The countdown to Thanksgiving is on and I love this time of year so much. The air is crisp and the weather cool but not cold. Autumn is s...

Let's talk about the best part of the Thanksgiving feast: stuffing! Or, in this case, dressing. Because when you stuff it inside the ...

How does a pan of flavorful chicken thighs, cooked in an aromatic sauce and served over rice, sound for dinner? Good, right? Especially w...

Have I ever mentioned how much I love pumpkin? For some reason, I've been obsessed with how pumpkins and other winter squash look sin...

I came to love shakshuka, the popular breakfast dish of eggs poached in a spicy tomato sauce, a little later in life. This was probably t...

I interrupt this normally family-friendly foodie conversation to talk about wicked cocktails and what they'll make you do. Dancing na...

Every autumn I start to dream about caramel apples. I think it started when I was a little girl, window shopping with my mother in fancy ...

Last weekend, when I was at the farmer's market, I could practically smell the apples a block away. So many fresh ripe varieties to c...

I, personally, celebrated when the old time wedge salad became popular again. They're the steakhouse classic of iceberg lettuce, toma...

Yay! It finally cooled down enough for me to turn off my air conditioner. I mean, seriously, this was the hottest summer ever in New York...

Summer may not be officially over but summer schedules definitely are. It's back to school, back to work, back to real life. And that...

I'm always experimenting with steak sauces that enhance but don't overpower the meat. As much as I love barbecue sauce, once I pu...