I ate chocolate cake for breakfast two days in a row. I suppose I could call it research and development […]

In Dorie Greenspan’s new bi-monthly column in The Washington Post she said “you’d have to be a card-carrying curmudgeon to […]

Twenty four hours ago I was walking out of Webster Hall. It was my first time ever going to a […]

Last week when I told Isabella I wondered what gingerbread rice crispy treats would taste like, she rolled her eyes […]

The way I see it, we’ve only two more weeks of peak gingerbread season. I was a little sad about […]

You know those days, the ones where you do seemingly nothing, and yet you walk away feeling so fulfilled? That […]

It’s been a while. I wonder how many times I’ve started a post with that sentence. It feels like quite […]

I know, it doesn’t look like much, but believe me that this pie will change your life. At least when […]

It’s officially soup season in upstate New York. Being a year-round soup lover, I celebrate this time of year because […]

Compensation was provided by Safeway, Vons, Randalls and Tom Thumb stores via Mode Media. Growing up in an Italian-American family, […]

I’m not sure where the time goes lately. It feels like I just shared the recipe for my turmeric tea […]

My desk is covered with printouts about reusing cooking oil, turning old cooking oil into biodiesel, maltrodextrin, MSG, and a […]

When I got back to New York last week, I had a few hours to get things done in Brooklyn. […]

As my plane touched down at JFK on Friday morning, I wasn’t sure if I’d really just spent 27 hours […]

Do you ever have those moments where a memory comes flooding back so vividly you feel like you’re in the […]

It is said that we’re our own worst critics. I’ve always grappled with that thought. A healthy sense of self […]

I have this habit of curling up with Virginia at bedtime. I’ve been trying to wean her off the ritual, […]

There’s so much I’ve been wanting to share since last week. I got through another anniversary—a big one. Last Thursday, […]

As I walked up the stairs from the basement today, I decided to do something I haven’t done the last […]

I’m not even going to pretend I have a long love affair with s’mores. It wasn’t until last summer that […]

I don’t know what to say, really. I pressed the publish button on my last post with much hesitation. I’ve […]

There’s simply no sweet way to sugar coat my behavior a few nights ago. I take my life into my […]

Eating seasonally is food foreplay. As I slow-roasted my first batch of cherry tomatoes this weekend, I knew it would […]

I get a thrill every time I drive by the cornfields along the road into town. Years ago, that thrill […]