Winter is a bit of my nemesis. My one consolation when the skies get dark and gloomy is citrus season. A little sunshine packaged neatly with some vitamin c and bright juice is a welcome counterbalance to the cold. Blood oranges are some of my favorites – they are sweet…
Which salad reminds you the most of warm summer days and family get togethers and gathering around a table to load your plate? Potato Salad? Macaroni? Chicken? Can you taste summer and picture a lazy Sunday afternoon in front of you just thinking about it? I can. If ever there…
Greg came home from work a couple of weeks ago when I was putting the finishing touches on this recipe and taking the last photos for this post. He walked in, said “That smells good. What are you making?” My response was “Dry Soup.” I should have offered a little…
This is a family recipe if there ever was one – I’ve shared another one this week HERE. I wish I could trace the full genealogy of this soup and how it developed. As far as I can gather, this is how it went: It was born from a Mexican…
This recipe is not really mine but rather my dad’s. Although ‘recipe’ may be far too formal a word for it. Whenever my mom was out of town and my dad was in charge of breakfast, we could expect to find Migitas on the table. I never asked, but I’m…
Since we are knee deep in Halloween season, I wanted to offer up a recipe that is good for keeping the vampires at bay. Garlic Coleslaw is one of those family recipes that no one in the family is quite sure who in the family came up with it. If…
I have a recipe box – old, ugly, scratched and stuffed full. It would make an Instagrammer cringe with how non-photogenic it is, and it in no way reflects my deep inner philosophy of the soul of food. Or my sense of personal style. Or whatever. Oh, and it’s a…