I’m having a book-signing party! COVID and the COVID lockdown had many effects on everyone in this country. Some were bad (the...

After spending two years writing Le Kitchen Cookbook: a workbook and the thrill of publishing and putting the book out into the world has...

Fall’s arrival is announced by the display that happens when leaves change from green to the brilliant hues they turn before floating to...

It’s intriguing that when you have something that irritates you it just doesn’t vanish on its own no matter how much you long for it to....

“It’s difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a home grown tomato.” —Lewis Grizzard TOMATO SALAD There is nothing...

Pesto is the Italian recipe for a basil sauce made by combining basil, garlic, olive oil, pignoli (pine) nuts, and parmesan cheese. It’s...

As the vegetables ripen and fill the tables of our local farmers markets, we need ways to cook this abundance before they are gone and an...

Side dishes can get stuck in a rut. We tend to cook what we are used to eating. Those sides we were served as children are typically the...

The job of editing is hard. It isn’t a task I’m good at. So, I had Betsy, my editor, scour through the book many times to find all the...

I was in New York City a couple of weeks ago getting my hair styled. The subject of my book came up; of course it did. The woman sitting...

I am on a high from all the replies I’ve gotten from all of you responding to my book and blog. I write because I want to express my...

My book has been published and THIS WEEK IS LAUNCH WEEK!! As you know, I’ve been working on this book for a long time and now it is...

As I’m finishing the last details of the book, my friend Tulis asks me who I am dedicating the book to? I think about it and say, "I have...

Ohhhhh MY !!!!! It’s hard to believe . . . But it’s here ! The proof for my book has arrived. It’s an amazing feeling to see my dream in...

Every recipe in my cookbook has the heading “READ, PREPARE, ADJUST.” RPA is the acronym. These three steps can make the difference...

Sauces are what turn ordinary meals into spectacular ones. That’s a big job for a sauce but there is nothing ordinary about sauces. "It...