Many years ago, Tom and I were in Los Angeles for a convention. Something that you may not know about me is prior to traveling, I’ll research the area for new and interesting restaurants to tantalize my taste buds. Well, my second cousin twice removed from someone or another in my family told me about […]
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If you’ve ever eaten at my house, you have to forgive me. Being in this profession, I’m always in search of the next best…(fill in the blank). It could be the next best beef tenderloin. Or the next best way to braise something. But in order to achieve the next best anything, you need to […]
There was a time when my family thoroughly enjoyed my feasts made from recipes of famous chefs. My feasts (aka DesignerDinners) are made from recipes of some of the best including none other than the likes of Eric Ripert, Jean Georges Vongerichten, Gordon Ramsey, Rick Tramonto, and my all-time favorite: the famed Thomas Keller. Back […]
What I love about winter is seeing all the tree branches covered with ice and white snow. The purity of the snow-laden back drop is a reminder of how beautiful the world can be. No matter how fast and busy life is, beauty lies all around, waiting for us to take notice. I then wonder […]
Awhile back, I made a fantastic chicken dish that I really enjoyed. If you’ve been following my blogs for a while, you understand my complete distaste for chicken. Well, let’s be fair. Not all chicken is bad, mind you. It’s the dry, nasty (and did I say dry…and nasty) chicken breast that I don’t like. […]
When my seven year old was only two, she was very adamant about what she wore and what she didn’t wear. I remember trying to put on what I thought was a cute dress for her. At the tender age of two, she looked at the dress and proclaimed “No mommy. Not this one. THAT […]
When I first met Tom in the bowling alley long ago, he told me he had a dog and suggested that maybe we could take him for a walk. I wasn’t a pet person per se, but I figured I could handle a little lap dog (as long as it didn’t try to lick my […]
Last Christmas, Tom took our Golden Retriever, Farley, to Pet Smart to buy dog food. When he came home, he put some suspicious-looking pamphlets on the kitchen center island. I should have known better than to look at those pamphlets, but the sheer curiosity of it all got the better of me. Inside were inserts […]
When I crave food, it’s not the typical food that most people would crave. It’s not chocolate or warm bread fresh out of the oven with butter slathered on top (although that doesn’t sound half bad). No, when I crave something, it’s usually something like mussels in saffron broth or pappardelle with black truffles. Recently, […]
Now that summer is over, my kids are back in school. Our three year-old is in preschool and our five year-old just started kindergarten. There’s a sad unspoken feeling that parents experience when their kids grow up and leave the nest. I know, I know. Going to preschool and kindergarten is not exactly “leaving the […]