~Making the Leap from Louboutin to Le Creuset
For SL’s dinner party, we played it simple – serving the Chicken Sauvignon Blanc with a flavorful tri-color orzo salad from Giada de Laurentiis. With all the hustle and bustle going on in SL’s kitchen (I was trying to save a banana pudding dessert that kinda went the wrong way), I didn’t take the multitude of pics I normally do with a recipe. However, as SL and crew will attest, once it was plated, I flew out to the dining {Read More}
A few years ago, I posted a recipe for Blueberry Ricotta Pancakes which advocated the use of an instant pancake mix and one of my fave bloggers told me that I should make and not buy the mix. Trust me – when Sue speaks, I listen. Plus – having dealt with one too many “pantry pests”, I’d feel much better knowing where everything came from. Let’s not even get into the cost of buying one of those big box {Read More}
The 2012 Cookbook Season has begun, my friends. And, to kick it off will be one of my faves, Giada de Laurentiis. Giada de Laurentiis has written her latest, Weeknights with Giada: Quick and Simple Recipes to Revamp Dinner, and it will be in stores starting March 27th. For us Philly peeps, we have some great news – she will be visiting the Williams Sonoma in King of Prussia on March 29, 2012 at noon. As always, it will be {Read More}
I feel bad for my poor neighbors last night and have to apologize for the hysterical laughter coming from the house. I was watching a DVR’d ep of The Nate Show and The View’s own Sherri Shepherd was his co-host. Not only are they a hoot together, but the producers decided that it was time for “Cooking School.” Now if any of you watch either The Nate Show or The View, you know that both Nate and Sherri have admitted {Read More}
When I’m looking for comfort food, one of the first things that comes to mind is short ribs. As I joked this weekend, when people are prepping for hurricanes and blizzards and stocking up on eggs, milk and bread, I’m looking for shortribs and other fab ingredients for the slow cooker. Recently, after a fabulous Philly Food & Drink Writers meetup at Daniel Stern’s R2L with Philly Homegrown and La Phemme Phoodie, I ventured down to the Philadelphia’s 9th Street {Read More}
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