April Magazine Round-up

April is here which means it is time for our monthly cooking magazine round-up for the latest issues of Cooking... Read more...

Bar Johnny

There is nothing like stumbling into your favorite watering hole after a long day at work for that much needed cocktail or cold beer, the...

Home Brined Corned Beef: A Foodie Adventure

I know that corned beef and cabbage is an American invention rather than an actual Irish tradition, but each year Husband and I...

Simply Organic

Lately, I’ve been examining seasonally focused cookbooks to help me cook with locally available ingredients. The latest of these cookbooks I’ve explored is Simply...

Cooking for Kids

I remember planning my wedding and then a year later preparing for the birth of my daughter and thinking...

Fresh: Seasonal Recipes Made with Local Foods

Like many people, I want to cook with local, seasonally fresh ingredients, but I don’t always find it easy.  It’s not that I...

Shopping for Seafood Quick Tips

We have been talking about a variety of seafood in this column including mahi mahi, squid, scallops, mackerel, crabs, shrimp, clams and more. ...

Isabel's Cantina

Like the great Tiger Woods I am also a multi-racial individual. Being one quarter Latina I have longed to be able to master Latin...

Leftover Tuesdays #13

Got leftovers? Join us for Leftover Tuesdays where we challenge you to converting those leftovers into something new and intriguing.  Check it out!

Food and Wine Pairing Made Simple: Zinfandel

Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Looking for an interesting pancake variation to try out?  This recipe, from Loganberry Inn (Fulton, MO), was created especially for a pancake...

The Country Cooking of France

French cooking and French cuisine have been written about so many times that it may seem we’ve heard it...

PlumpJack Cafe

Named after a Shakespeare character from Henry IV; PlumpJack Café is just one of the 16 groundbreaking business endeavors under the “PlumpJack...

Techniques of Healthy Cooking

In today’s health conscious world more and more people are searching for ways to cook healthy food including professional chefs.  That’s...

Leftover Tuesdays #12 Sweetheart Challange Round-Up

Leftover Tuesdays #12 challenged us to “Make a leftover creation for your sweetheart”.  While we didn’t require the leftover creation to contain chocolate...

Spicy Yellow-Peanut Shrimp Curry

Today, Cline Cellars (Sonoma, CA) shares with us a wonderful spicy shrimp curry.  The curry mixes a tasty combination of spices, coconut...

Vermont Duck Breast

Chef Michael Pelton of the Windham Hill Inn (Windham, Vermont) strives to produce the best seasonally available and locally available meals. ...