Fast Fish
I had some fish that I wanted to cook the other night but I wasn’t quite sure what to do with it. I figured since my Mom is teaming up with NAKANO seasoned rice vinegars that maybe I should figure out what seasoned rice vinegar actually is… just in case someone asks me! So, I [...]
Marinara Sauce-Easy and Diabetic Friendly
My daughter-in-law, Sana, mentioned the other day that she was craving a red sauce so she pulled out my trim&TERRIFIC Diabetic Cooking cookbook and made the Marinara Sauce. She served it over angel hair pasta and said it was the best marinara sauce she had ever had! She keeps telling me that Diabetic Cooking is [...]
Cool Night in St. Louis: Soup is a Must
Even though it is the end of April, St. Louis still manages to find a way to bring in 40 degree weather! All I wanted for dinner was soup this weekend, so on Sunday I made Chicken Tortilla Soup. Since finals are approaching around the corner and my last days as a college student are numbered [...]
Missing the South – Crawfish Etouffee
After adjusting back into school after winter break, I realized how much I missed my southern foods! Within one week I made Crawfish Etouffee and Chicken and Sausage Gumbo both from my mom’s Gulf Coast Favorites book. All of my friends at school love southern cooking and hover around my kitchen when I am cooking. [...]
Chicken and Dumplings
My husband loves to pitch in and help in the kitchen, but after he had knee surgery last week he has been faithfully recovering on the couch. My mom came in to help out last week, and by helping out, I mean testing loads of her new recipes on us – which of course were [...]
Major College Accomplishment: Pot Roast
I just returned from Puerto Rico on spring break and realized after eating too many stuffed plantains, I wanted my own hearty home cooked meal. My boyfriend’s birthday was coming up and I wanted to make him something I hadn’t made him before. So, after flipping through my mother’s cookbook I landed on her [...]
Advice, Tips and Tapas from Barcelona
Who takes a 4-day jaunt to Barcelona? Really busy New Yorkers who can’t take off more than 4 days from work. Plus, we really don’t like to be away from home for more than 4 nights–we miss our perfectly springy but firm mattress, we miss our Pekingese dog (Georgia) and above all we miss our [...]
Eating fashionably late
If you ever end up in a restaurant in Manhattan before 9pm — you will notice two things. It’s either full of tourists or empty because the locals havent sauntered in yet. When Holly comes to visit us, she is forced to eat on “New York time” which lies somewhere around 8:30pm on a weeknight [...]
