Dec 26, 2014
The title of the book jumped out at me from the bookstore shelf. One-Hour Cheese. I’ve been learning how to make cheese now for over a year and besides a very few – ricotta, mozzarella and goat cheese – most endeavors are whole evening affairs – if not longer –... 
Mar 10, 2014
If there’s my one go-to cookbook, it’s How to Cook Everything. As you might have concurred by the name, it’s a book filled with solutions for almost, well, everything. The problem with naming a cookbook, or any book for that matter, with this kind of... 
Dec 5, 2013
There’s a soup swap that we’ve been invited to the last couple of years and while “swap” may sound innocent enough, my husband Devin and I both translate this into “competition”. You can read about how the event works here but... 
Sep 9, 2013
Each month I’ve been trying to take one of the cookbooks that I’ve never made anything out of down off the shelf and finally do it some justice, but I have to admit, I’ve been a bit lax this summer and there’s really no excuse. There’s... 
Jun 18, 2013
My husband jokes that he doesn’t think I ever make the same thing twice and while that might be a tad of an exaggeration, it’s probably closer to the truth than not. Sure, there’s favorites that get made time and time again, but with the shelves full... 
May 28, 2013
It all started when a client showed up at my office a couple weeks ago bearing a signed copy of Maneet Chauhan’s new book Flavors of My World. While I didn’t know anything about this chef (I don’t have cable – it’s really a blessing as if I had... 