~Making the Leap from Louboutin to Le Creuset
I remember my first Thanksgiving that I decided to cook. Remember, this was during the ages where I thought a kitchen was there for decoration, not utilization. I bought a pie (yes, one of those frozen ones) and I burnt it beyond recognition. I was crushed. I have made no secret of my lack of cooking skills way back when and, looking back on that incident, if I could tell my twenty-something self to stop beating myself up over it, {Read More}
I was looking at my calendar the other day and noticed that the Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival is coming up fast. I seriously don’t know where the time went. One minute we were at SOBE, the next the Atlantic City Wine & Food Festival sipping on some Bourbon Cider cocktails and now I have some serious wardrobe planning for NYCWFF. There’s something about being in New York City during the crisp fall months – it’s {Read More}
Rice and I are far from strangers. The Sous Pug’s new home-cooked diet requires that he have quite a bit of rice daily and I’m constantly cooking it. It got to be where I finally gave in and invested in a rice cooker to make life a bit easier than standing over a stove and possibly burning it (not that I’ve EVER done that *cough cough*). Claire Robinson made a dish recently on 5 Ingredient Fix – Baked Shroom Rice {Read More}
Remind me to give that Punxsutawney Phil a big kiss one day – the groundhog has promised us an early spring and I, along with much of the Northeast, would be thrilled to kick Ol’ Man Winter outta here and look forward to sun, flowers, cocktails on the Bourbon Blue deck and the promise of green grass instead of this “snert” aka dirty snow. Plus, with spring comes baseball season and, as a Phillies fan, that always makes me happy. {Read More}
You can always tell when the holidays are fast approaching because there is a whole treasure trove of cookbooks slated for release. Between Claire Robinson, Tyler Florence, Michael Chiarello, Daisy Martinez, and the much adored Barefoot Contessa - my bookshelf is going to be rather full. However, I have to say, in terms of priority Nigella Lawson’s new cookbook, ”KITCHEN” is on my pre-order list. It’s slated for release on October 12, 2010 and I’m guessing between her cookbook and Ina Garten’s, those will {Read More}
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