I'm not a huge fan of Valentine's Day (do I really need to list the reasons why?), but this year I felt compelled to celebrate, even...

I always make soup for Thanksgiving, and it's usually of the butternut squash or cauliflower variety.  As I mentioned before , this year...

And so my Thanksgiving recipes begin.  First up: the gougeres that were the amuse for the meal. For the past few years, I've made gou...

Well.  I hope all of you are recovered from your Thanksgiving.  I think I finally am, after sleeping nearly 12 hours the Friday after and be...

I’ve never been a fan of blondies. They’re usually just overly sweet little blobs packed with white chocolate chunks (which I do not at all ...

I've been meaning to post the recipe for these cookies for more than a month; that they're going up just a few days before Valentine...

Poor fruitcake. It's always the butt of jokes this time of year, and, unfortunately, for good reason: it's usually dense, booze-soa...

Last night I was craving something warm and pumpkiny but there was nothing in my fridge to satisfy said craving. This meant that I was goi...

So it’s January and I’m still posting my Thanksgiving recipes….. Anyhow, this one was actually a last minute addition to the Thanksgiv...

Pumpkin pie: people either love it or hate it. I, as a lover of all things pumpkin, obviously don’t hate it, but I am very picky about it. ...

This year, Thanksgiving is entirely in my hands. There will be 16 of us in total, so it's going to be quite an undertaking. Luckily, I...

Today is 3.14 and that means that today is Pi Day ! Yes, my recognition of this makes me a nerd, but this is something I have known for a l...

In a fit of extreme boredom, my dear friend Kristen challenged me to a food blog throwdown of Jerz (her) vs. Lawnguyland (me). The first c...

I made these mini cupcakes last week - they were supposed to be taken to my department's holiday party, but I ended up giving them to th...

I always serve roasted Brussels sprouts at Thanksgiving, and this year I wanted to change them up from my usual treatment of toasted walnu...

It’s that time of year when everyone starts pulling out special holiday flavors for their drinks – pumpkin and gingerbread lattes and hot ap...

This is another side dish I served for my family’s Thanksgiving dinner . I had a lot of fun with taking traditional Thanksgiving ingredient...

For the past few years, I’ve been in charge of Thanksgiving. It’s not as daunting as it sounds, because I’m only cooking for four (my paren...