• chicken, or chicken?

    - - - ​My daughter and her family were here over the weekend. I wanted to prepare a new recipe so that I could share it with you, plus I wanted it to be something easy to do with a 22 month old on hand....

  • birthday cake

    - - This past weekend my daughter and her family spent a few days with us. It was my daughter’s birthday, so I decided to make her favorite birthday cake, Gateau de Crepes. This is a cake made of multi...

  • shrimp burgers

    [Image description] ​Several weeks ago, I was watching Cook’s Country on a public broadcasting channel where they prepared shrimp burgers. The recipe was easy to prepare and they looked absolutely delicious....

  • weeknight meal

    [Image description] Putting together a meal is all about planning, organization and execution. Here in New Jersey, food flyers arrive in the mail on Thursday for sales starting on Friday or Monday. Whole...

  • friends

    - - There is a group of former coworkers from the school where I worked who I still keep in touch with. Every so often we get together and call our gatherings “faculty meetings.” This past weekend we...

  • upper west side

    - - - The first time I had been to Lincoln Center was at a performance at the Metropolitan Opera House during Christmastime. Our son was visiting from Florida, where was working at the time, and we took...