With summer in full swing (and lots of hot and sticky days around here), my focus has been shifting a bit from rich, decadent desserts (which you see a lot of around here!) to light and refreshing dishes that don’t require a lot of effort and heat. It seems that my fellow bloggers are feeling…
This week I’ve been making the mistake of blog reading in the evenings. Let me tell you… Repeatedly looking at gorgeous food at 10:00pm is not smart! I’ve been craving a midnight snack every night. It’s also made it difficult to pick just a few favorites for this blog post. There were lots of amazing recipes and…
I’ve got quite a mix of posts in this week’s collection of favorites. I’ve done quite a bit of blog reading this week (I admit, I had let my RSS reader get a bit out of hand!), and there were so many great posts to choose from. My cooking and baking list for the next…
I haven’t really done much cooking in the last few days… We have been busy helping friends paint their new house, working in our yard, and visiting family over the weekend. It has been quite relaxing, and I’ve been enjoying getting things done around the house. The only issue is that when I don’t cook,…
It’s Friday again… Good Friday, to be exact. So, I thought it was only appropriate that I pick a few Easter dishes for this week’s favorites. If you’re still planning your Easter menu, or if you just want to make a few fun treats, these recipes are for you! I will actually not be doing…
If you read my piece on baking with butter over at In Jennie’s Kitchen a few months ago, you already know that I am a big fan of Michael Ruhlman’s book Ratio. It has definitely freed me from always being tied to a recipe or cookbook. That’s not to say that I never follow a…
One of my favorite restaurants in Central PA is Devon Seafood Grill in Hershey. It is one of the few restaurants in the area that has a “big city” feel – fresh ingredients, fantastic dishes, and a great, slightly trendy (but not too trendy) atmosphere. My hubby and I love it. One of our favorite…
This evening I decided to make breakfast for dinner. Earlier in the week, I was paging through my Cooking Light cookbook, and I came across a recipe for a Ham and Asparagus Frittata. I already had both ham and asparagus in the refrigerator, so I decided to give it a try. Originally, I didn’t really…
Whenever my husband and I are in Boston, we eat at Giacomo’s Restaurant – a great little Italian place on Hanover Street in the North End. When we are there, I usually order the butternut squash ravioli. It is served in a cream sauce with asparagus and prosciutto. The flavors in the pasta dish were…
When I was at the farmers’ market last week, I picked up a beautiful bunch of asparagus. I was planning to make prosciutto-wrapped asparagus bundles, but I couldn’t decide what to make with them. By the time Sunday evening came around, I had not yet been to the store and had not thawed out anything…
