Clik here to view.
My date with…me: popcorn and chardonnay
Featured Recipe: Buttery Popcorn Featured Wine: California Chardonnay I don’t get a lot of me time. Two kids, full-time job, family, friends pretty much keeps me in the company of people and things I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Winter “BLT” Night: Grilled Gruyere with Salami Relish and Slow Roasted...
Featured Recipes: Grilled Gruyere with Salami and Cornichon Relish, Roasted Tomato Soup First, a tale. Then, winter BLT that is actually salami and gruyere. Our friend Steve owns a restaurant. It’s a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Super Easy Super Bowl
Featured Recipes: Baked Buffalo Wings, Slow Cooker Chili, Guacamole Sniff. Sob. Waaaa. No, that’s not K, darling child that she is almost sleeping through the night. That’s me, mourning the end of yet...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Spring Love: Shrimp & Pea Risotto
Featured Recipe: Shrimp & Pea Risotto Hey, East Coasters. Been enjoying the mild winter? You’re welcome. Oh, did I just take credit for the 50 degree sunny days in February? You tell me: 1. In...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anniversary Dinner(s) #1: Champagne Charles de Fere
Featured Recipe: Cioppino Featured Wine: Charles de Fare Blanc de Blancs 5 years ago I married my best friend, and I couldn’t be happier. We have an amazing family, great friends, and just a wonderful...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anniversary Wine & Dine #2: Ridge Lytton Springs
Featured Recipe: Balsamic Marinated NY Strips Featured Wine: Ridge Lytton Springs Zinfandel Sometimes, there’s just a moment you remember. No context, no recall on how that moment came to be, just...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Laissez les bons temps rouler: Gumbo
Featured Recipe: Gumbo Fat Tuesday is tomorrow! This is one of my favorite holidays of the year because I get to pay homage to some of my favorite food: Creole and Cajun food. I’ve been to New Orleans...
View ArticleClik here to view.
One Pot Wonder Challenge: Chicken Barley Stew
Featured Recipe: Chicken Barley Stew If I told you that I could feed mom, dad, big kid #1, and little baby #2 for less than a buck a serving, you’d be like: awesome, right? Let’s add healthy,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A bowlful of heaven: Ragu Bolegnese
Featured Recipe: Ragu Bolognese Featured Wine: Chianti I went out for a mommies night out with Linda from KidFriendlyDC* and some other cool moms from DC. Let’s pause. I. Went. Out. Can you say, wooo...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Long Journey to Marbella, Spain
It took us a looooong time to get here. That’s figuratively in the its-been-years-since-we’ve-REALLY-been-alone-together (much less in a foreign country) sense. And literally, in that it took us 3...
View Article
