• weekend home

    [Image description] ​My husband and I spent a relaxing weekend at home. Last week I prepared a recipe from the Food Section of the January 31st issue of the New York Times for Italian potato-pasta soup...

  • lent

    [Picture] [Picture] jump to recipe Today begins 40 days of Lent, a period of fasting and abstinence. During this time, no meat is eaten on Ash Wednesday and each Friday during Lent. For tonight’s supper,...

  • Valentine’s Day

    [Image description] ​Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day and some may say it might be one of the most stressful days to dine out. With that in mind, have you considered having a special dinner at home? I did....

  • a "wanderful" weekend

    [Image description] This past Sunday was my granddaughter's christening. What better way to celebrate this momentous occasion than to make some special cookies for the event. A cookie I haven't made in...

  • roast beef, take 2

    [Image description] ​The roast left from supper the other evening was thinly sliced awaiting a reincarnation in another meal. As I was watching my granddaughter for a bit today, I thought I would make...

  • Roast beef

    [Picture] [Picture] ​Recently my husband and I were watching Christopher Kimball's new cooking show on Public Television called “Milk Street”. The particular night we were watching they were demonstrating...