pasta/risotto

I can not believe that it is Labour Day. Time seems to travel at a faster pace for me in the country.…

I love potatoes. Boiled, mashed, smashed, fried, baked, scalloped but, most of all, I love potato gnocchi. When I owned Sister’s, I…

Master Chef Axel Begner, co-owner of Opera Bistro, invited me to cook with him for this year’s fund-raising event in support of the…

Every gardener has her favorites. I can not resist anything that has a variegated leaf, including my herbs! Variegated oregano grows in a lovely…

I can’t begin to tell you how guilt ridden I feel on the days that I don’t have time to write a…

There is something very satisfying about foraging for food. I love picking wild raspberries, blueberries and blackberries. Yesterday was the first time…

The weather has been brutal for the last several weeks. I am sitting in my office listening to the wind smash on the…

During the early 1980’s, I lived in an Italian neighborhood of Brooklyn called Carroll Gardens. My home was a railroad apartment on the…

Before Meg left for work yesterday morning, she told me not to worry about dinner. She had a “special” treat in store…

There is something about Friday night that screams “have fun!”. Tonight we are going to do just that… We have invited  some…