~Making the Leap from Louboutin to Le Creuset
During my recent trip to Orlando, I reacquainted myself with one of my fave grocery stores, Publix. Sadly, they won’t be coming north of the Mason Dixon line anytime soon according to one of their clerks. Publix always has some of the freshest produce, well cut meats and, pretty much, if I needed something for a recipe that might have been a bit unusual, there was a strong likelihood that I could find it at my local Publix. It got {Read More}
One thing I’m looking forward to is a day of R&R in one of my favorite cities – The Big Apple. This year’s Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival is set up a bit differently in that the demos are at the Grand Tasting Tents so the likelihood of me running around the city like a chicken with my head cut off like last year is null and void. The tents are near one of my favorite {Read More}
If you watched the Food Network’s Secrets of a Restaurant Chef, Worst Cooks in America and Iron Chef America, you already know that Chef Anne Burrell cooks like a rock star. For years she was Mario Batali’s right hand on Iron Chef, with recipes that would often secure the defeat of any challenger and they got it done in under an hour. Since her show’s debut, Secrets of a Restaurant Chef has taught viewers tips and techniques to make any dish {Read More}
There’s something to be said about retro. Retro is comforting, brings warm and fuzzy memories of simpler times where we weren’t freaking out about “Is my cell on? How many calories are in that? What the heck – I have 20bizillion things on my to-do list! Where the heck is my Starbucks?!?” and so on. We’ve had a bit of an 80s revival here in Philly – with the Dancin’ On Air marathon and other things that are being buzzed {Read More}
Life has taken quite the turn – moreso than usual. Of course I have the daily 9to9, but have been wrapped up with Wigg’s new medical developments (they found a growth they need to biopsy – fun fun! He’s going to be a surgery regular at his vet hospital at this rate) and cooking for me hasn’t been as much of a priority as it has been cooking for him. The dog goes through about 5 pounds of chicken a {Read More}
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