We went to two Christmas parties this weekend and both were fantastic! Great food, gorgeous decorations and fun people. Lots of pictures below with some good ideas on how to make things look delicious! First, dinner with Ryan and Elizabeth! What an amazing table! I love the detail! and inside the box, little Hershey kisses!!!! [...] Read More

Marc and I had dinner over at Lisa and Neil’s this past Sunday night and Lisa served up some pretty amazing pork chops! I myself have never brined anything although I always thought it sounded fascinating. Seems to me that brining just takes some forethought and a little pre-production! Can I tell you how flavorful [...] Read More

Its so funny when you “suddenly” discover something new in food thats actually been around forever. That’s how I feel about the herb Dill! I remember eating it a lot in Greece, particularly this one lunch where the the owner of the restaurant, a young blonde woman from Croatia, not only cooked the food but [...] Read More

I had really been crazing lobster recently and decided to do an Eastern Seaboard style dinner inspired by something I saw in an issue of Martha Stewart’s Living Magazine. As lobster is a tad expensive and one of four of us was a vegetarian I decided to make the lobster a side dish and looked [...] Read More

What a great idea, huh? I read an article in the April issue of Gourmet magazine about this concept but it wasn’t the first time I’d heard about it (maybe Jamie Oliver?). So here I am lying on the couch waiting for Marc to return from the airport with friend Martin who was flying in [...] Read More

Sage is such a beautiful herb, I love the color of its silvery green leaves and when it does flower, the blossoms are gorgeous. Years ago I was in Florence, Italy and I saw on the menu for the first time Pasta with sage and butter. It sounded so unusual I had to try it. [...] Read More