~Making the Leap from Louboutin to Le Creuset
If you tried to do Nigella Lawson’s Coca Cola Ham over the holiday and are stompin’ your stilettos wondering what to do with the leftovers, well look no further – Nigella Lawson has the solution – her soul soothing Cuban Black Bean Soup. This soup is so good that I’m contemplating roasting another ham – but this time without all the burns and drama of trying to get the ham out of the stock. Who needs a holiday to serve {Read More}
It goes without saying that I have been rather successful when it comes to trying out Nigella Lawson’s recipes. She has this tendency to make practical recipes that will make you feel like a culinary diva. During my can’t cook my way out of a paper bag period, I remember watching her show “Nigella Bites” on the Style network and she did this “Coca Cola Ham.” For the holidays this year, I decided to be adventurous and try to make {Read More}
While we’re on a Nigella kick (hello – Monday, the “Domestic Goddess” visits Philly – anyone, anyone?), as she is on a whirlwind promo blitz for her new book, Nigella Kitchen: Recipes from the Heart of the Home, Nigella Lawson dropped by the set of Live with Regis & Kelly with her version of mashed potatoes. She sasses Regis quite a bit in this clip – always nice to see someone else giving him some heat!
I have mentioned a "couple" of times that pancakes and I don’t have such a harmonious relationship due to a bad childhood experience but sometimes a recipe just looks so fab that I’m inspired to give it another try. Thankfully, this recipe for Cheesecakelets from Nigella Lawson is so good that it another of my favorite brunch recipes that I whip up when I have people at the house or, sometimes when I just want to indulge. The strawberries and {Read More}
What a year it has been for book-signings in the Philadelphia area – Giada de Laurentiis, Daisy Martinez, Tyler Florence, Bobby Flay, Barefoot Contessa and NOW one of my absolute favorites – Nigella Lawson. I never really told you the story of how I started to understand that I really could cook, did I. The long and the short of it is that I can credit Nigella as one of my first culinary inspirations along side of Colin Cowie. When {Read More}
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