As those of you who subscribe and receive my newsletter know, I loathe New Year's Eve as apparently (as illustrated above) does one of my...

We were all in different places over Christmas, so my mother, sister, L. and I decided to get together and have a proper holiday lunch....

Fellow blogger Nathalie Jones, of Homeownerbliss, has contributed this instructive guest post - just in time for the holidays! Full of...

I have shopped for this already and will start prepping as much as I can in advance in the morning. I think the menu is a nice mix of...

I made this dish on the spur of the moment as a substitute for another and, while it could still probably use a little tweeking both in...

#holidays

There is a lot to be done today. L. has presented me with my presents and offered to help cook which, in and of itself, is a present! My...

It is very strange - I love almond butter and marzipan but can't stand almonds. That said, I don't love almond butter enough to spoon it...

Pascal Vittu is the Cheese Sommelier for the Dinex Group in New York and also owns a company, Vraiment Fromage, Inc, which caters to...

These are amazingly easy to make and make your house smell incredibly good while you are doing so. Admittedly, though they are a force...

​My first husband used to take me to stay with his family in the South of France and they introduced me to traditional socca. They would...

I am always on the lookout for recipes with tomatillos because I love them but never quite know what to do with them besides make salsa...

Despite the fact that I am a horrible baker (except for bread), when L. was little I had a cookie decorating party for him every...

These used to appear back in the 70s, as tiny finger sandwiches when my mother was hosting particularly elegant cocktail parties. Fast...

Throughout the year, I keep a list of food ideas or links to recipes that I might want to make at some point; I have a subsection of...