Feed your family. Feed your soul.
We’re fully embracing the holiday season and between the requisite quarrels over who gets to measure the flour first to how many times they each have licked the spoon, my vision for a perfectly orchestrated holiday cookie baking bonanza last weekend with my girls has now …read more
The smell of sizzling bacon wafting up the stairs is enough to get any member of my family leaping from their beds in the morning without hesitation. The salty, savory slices don’t last long and I usually end up short changed with just the scraps to …read more
When I met The Date Lady, Colleen Sundlie, at the Specialty Food Association e-commerce forum last month, my mind immediately focused on the versatility of her product as a sugar alternative in our recipes.
It’s almost 2 years since we took our debut whole spice infusion, Moroccan Tagine, to Anthropologie in Highland Park for a wellness event. At the same event we also met our amazing photographer Kerri Sherman and formed a friendship that would bring our spice blends …read more
Fueling up for a long day can be a chore for me in the early morning, especially in Winter when I dread stepping out of bed before the sun comes up. Coffee dominates my routine, but my girls treat breakfast with all the pomp of fine …read more
“You can make bread in a slow cooker?” they say, eyebrows raised, as we lift the lid off the slow cooker.
Far from putting away my slow cooker this summer, I’m using it regularly so that I can spend time outside of my working hours doing fun things with my girls.
Fresh picked peas and strawberries taken straight from our Community Garden are the perfect finger food right now for my young girls living in the city. As always, my mind is on expanding my culinary repertoire. So when the raspberry canes are giving up their ripe …read more
Some months ago, not long after the inaugural recipe in my slow cooker, I found 3 rapidly deteriorating bananas in the kitchen. I’m sure I’m not alone in this type of discovery. These bananas were extremely ripe, perfect for making banana bread.
