You know you're in hell when you start crying in the middle of dinner. When you want to howl in pain. When you're desperately dreading the consequences of your actions. When your table companions...

Russell House Tavern is headed by Executive Chef Michael Scelfo and offers local, seasonal American food. It's a gastropub, straddling the burger-or-pork-belly line between bar and restaurant, casual and high end, classic and modern....

January 6, 2011

Spicy Barbecue Nuggets

It's crispy, it's spicy, its barbecue flavor is so intense, you think you're down home with the Neelys. The crunchy little squares are so filling, so flavorful, that they almost taste like they might...

Soup When You Need It
January 3, 2011

Soup When You Need It

Need a healthier menu after the holidays? Ready to go back to normal, non-indulgent eating? Tired from all the cooking and baking and recipe-following? If you answered yes to any of the above, stress...

December 29, 2010

My 2010 Recap

I am tremendously blessed to experience a year filled with food, love, travel, and wonderful times with family and friends. I was able to write a lot more this year, and read even more. I...

I hope you all had a lovely holiday weekend! I spent Noche Buena and Christmas in Vermont with some of my dearest friends. I didn't go skiing but I did go drinking; lots of...

(Also known as The Book That Includes My First Recipe Published Outside This Blog) Molly O'Neill's latest masterpiece, One Big Table, has 600 recipes from the nation's best home cooks, farmers, fishermen, pit-masters, and chefs....

brownie mix, 1 can pupkin, 1 egg, 1/2 cup white chocolate chips, and 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
December 20, 2010

Lazy Girl Holiday Brownies

Now that it's the peak of the holiday season, do you find yourself getting so busy? You're finishing your holiday shopping, preparing for parties, doing your eye make-up (what? it takes a while...), squeezing...

Noche Buena
December 16, 2010

Noche Buena

I’ve always loved Christmas, but I love Noche Buena even more. Noche Buena is the name for a customary celebration on Christmas Eve in many Spanish-speaking countries; it literally means “good night.” When we still...

December 13, 2010

Finally, O Ya

In 2008, the New York times named O Ya as the Best New Restaurant in the US. Later that year, Food & Wine named it as one of the 10 Best New Restaurants in...