I’m not a sports fan and was embarrassed recently that I didn’t know who was playing in the Super Bowl. But even so, I do like it when I receive invitations to game parties, as the food is usually plentiful and tasty. Thus far, I have yet to be invited to a Super Bowl Sunday gathering, [...]
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Readers know I am a chocoholic. It is been an affliction since early childhood. I make no apologies, so there will be no interventions for this old broad. Sometimes the urges are stronger than others and this is one of those weeks. It may be because Valentine’s Day isn’t far away and I keep getting catalogues [...]
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
I’m getting a lot of mileage out of “The New Book of Soups” from the Culinary Institute of America. As mentioned Tuesday, am featuring that publication in my Cookbook Corner column for Saturday. I intend to post a couple of soup recipes from that cookbook later, but one of the sections that turned me on was [...]
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
As I note in my Cookbook Corner column for Saturday, soups seems to be all the rage this winter. The featured cookbook is “The New Book of Soups” from the Culinary Institute of America and will probably be sharing a few of those recipes for future blogs. January is designated as National Soup Month, which is [...]
Monday, January 25, 2010
In just a few hours, it will be exactly one year since my little boy, Henry, was born. A few weeks after that big event, I returned to the Daily News and took over this blog. I mentioned “surviving” my family’s first year last week (which wasn’t at all meant to be negative), but I have [...]
Monday, January 25, 2010
Earlier this month, I featured a recipe for muffins from the new Taste of Home publication titled, “Comfort Food Diet Cookbook.” I also featured it in my Cookbook Corner column last week with the promise I would be sharing more recipes from it with readers. I love mashed potatoes and this recipe using caramelized onions sounded [...]
Thursday, January 21, 2010
It’s tax season again, folks. For the next few weeks, Americans will be getting their W2s in the mail and sitting down with their CPAs, paid preparers or very likely themselves to get cracking on some majorly complicated forms that could save — or cost — them a lot of money. I’ve been doing taxes since I [...]
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Baby Henry is henceforth not going to be called “Baby” in this blog — my little guy is turning 1. And with that comes the first birthday party. Any mom who’s wound up on a mailing list by baby’s first birthday (and I’d be amazed to find one who isn’t) gets a nice little influx of [...]
Friday, January 15, 2010
Soy sauce is a condiment I add to a lot of foods and found out long ago that it didn’t have to just be Chinese. That’s why I quickly read a recently received brochure from Kikkoman, makers of my favorite brand of soy sauce. There were several recipes included, but my favorite was for spareribs, which [...]
Thursday, January 14, 2010
As I’ve mentioned in recent postings, have been keeping my eyes open for recipes specifically geared to large gatherings of sports fans that are prone to eat from the minute they walk in the door until the game is over. A popular dish for such occasions is chili — easy to prepare, easy to serve, and [...]
Friday, January 29, 2010
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