Everything You Want to Eat

Cooking and baking are about learning techniques and understanding flavor profiles. The idea of flavor profiles can be broken down into two parts: what tastes good together (for …

I have been sampling a lot of plums, pluots, peaches and nectarines at the farmer's markets lately. People say don't go to the market hungry. Those people clearly don&#…

If you're trying to eat "clean" this soup is about as clean as it gets. Cucumber, avocado, mint, lemon, a little onion, lemon juice, water and Greek yogurt. It'…

Summer travels have brought me to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Everyone calls Wisconsin the cheese state, but as much as I love cheese, I am all about the corn. My days here have been…

I'm writing this post on a glorious summer day in Aspen, Colorado. I'm here working for a week, cooking in the mountains and loving every minute of it. I'm staying in…

It's not officially summer but you wouldn't know it here with all the berries at the farmer's markets. This is a quick and easy summery dessert that can be made with…

Roasted brussels sprouts have been a favorite side dish of mine for ages. This recipe calls for feta, but sometimes I substitute goats cheese.  Ricotta would be tasty as well....…

I've been making these cookies since I stumbled across Jaques Torres' recipe in a New York Times article and people go nuts over them. They are not your standard Toll Hou…