Marcella Hazan’s Tomato Sauce With Onion & Butter
Typically with a recipe, I mess around with it until I think it’s perfect. With this pasta sauce recipe – […]
Spaghetti Carbonara
In my book – A Ghost of a Chance – my hero Rory has a discussion with his brother about […]
Cheers to Santa!
That’s me and my sister Maura sitting on Santa’s lap in 1970! It was made from an old slide so […]
Arroz con Pollo
I lived in South America for a good part of my pre-teen years and there isn’t a dish more tasty […]
Grandma Jo’s Nuts & Bolts (AKA Chex Mix)
3 cups Corn Chex or generic cereal 3 cups Rice Chex or generic cereal 3 cups Crispix cereal 1 cup […]
Katie’s Holiday Sugar cookies
Every Christmas, our family decorates sugar cookies. So now, after years of practicing the art taste vs. sturdy-enough-for-frosting cookie – […]
Feijoada
In my book that will be coming out this fall A Ghost of a Chance (a brief synopsis is on […]
Dear Depressed Person
After reading about the death of singer, Scott Hutchinson’s passing, I made a decision. I’m coming out. I have been […]
Irish Boxty (potato pancakes)
There is an old Irish quote “Boxty on the griddle, boxty on the pan; if you can’t make boxty, you’ll […]
Rice Pudding warms the soul
I will never understand why people think it’s gross. It’s pudding with rice. What could be more awesome? I fell […]