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The 4th of July is a huge event in our house. My daughters classify it as the third best holiday, after their birthday and Christmas. Yes, I realize their birthday isn’t a holiday, but try telling that to them. My daughters’ enthusiasm is due in large part to the fact that our city, Piedmont, [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: ''July 4th: Peach ...

Filed under: Dessert, Recipes, Baking, Sugar, Christmas Here's another recipe from that 1984 Woman's Day Holiday Cookie pull out. They are a Dutch bar cookie served around the holidays and are fairly easy to pull together. I think they are my favorite of all the cookies I've baked so far this season as they come out light, crispy and buttery. ...

The holiday season is in full swing and we are closing in on New Year’s. Tune in to our latest podcast for tips on throwing parties, choosing champagne and preparing festive breakfasts. Share This

The holiday season is in full swing and we are closing in on New Year’s. Tune in to our latest podcast for tips on throwing parties, choosing champagne and preparing festive breakfasts. Share This

In this episode we’ll explore various holiday traditions, talk about fresh nuts and provide some tips on Hanukkah recipes. Share This

Filed under: Poultry, Recipes, Holidays, ThanksgivingStill have turkey leftover from your Thanksgiving dinner? If so, I recommend turning to Elise of Simply Recipes for a little post-holiday inspiration. This afternoon a friend of mine came over for a bit. While he was here, he mentioned that he was interested in making some chili that would ...

Filed under: Lunch, Dinner, Vegetables, Recipes, How To, Comfort Food, Thanksgiving Thanksgiving was Thursday (yes, I realize that it's always on Thursday) and now it's Saturday. This means that you are heading into your third day of turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes and might be ready for a bit of a break. Whenever I find that I've overdone ...

Filed under: Recipes, How To, CondimentsIn my family we take our Thanksgiving gravy very serious. My father, the primary holiday chef in my parents' marriage, learned the secrets of gravy-making from his mother and has passed them on to me (my sister doesn't have a whole lot of interest in gravy prep). For years now, I known how to create at ...

Filed under: Hors D'oeuvres, Dessert, Recipes, On the Blogs There was a lot of really terrific food at the Philly food blogger potluck I hosted last Friday, but one of the standouts for me were the pumpkin blintzes that Alanna and Alex, the bloggers behind Two Fat Als, brought with them. Maybe it had been too long since I had last had a blintz, ...

''Sweet & Salt Relish'' is a recipe entry dated March/April 2003 in one of my little recipe books. Each book corresponds to a time period, the restaurant I was working in at the time. The pages in this one reflect recipes I used in my first months at Aziza, a Moroccan restaurant with a particularly modern Californian slant. I was attempting ...