Did you get an instant pot yet? I admit, I don't use it as much as I thought I would but the other night when we had guests for dinner...

We used part of a can of crushed tomatoes for pizza sauce and then scrambled around to find other recipes for the rest of the can. I decided...

I saw this recipe for Caprese pasta a few weeks ago and decided I had to make it. It was really good! I might make a few changes but I woul...

Here in Southern California the first summer heirloom tomatoes are lining the tables at the farmer's market. For me, it's hard to ...

When I was young my family spent two different occasions in Sils-Maria, Switzerland at the Hotel Privata . My sister and I only were ther...

When I was reading through my regular blogroll a few weeks ago I read about this pasta pie.  Immediately, I thought of my friend Robin...

This afternoon my friends and I met to discuss "The Personal History of Rachel DuPree" and eat. Unfortunately, this book was all...

Joey was playing around with this Epicurious ap the other day and decided to choose the ingredients next to each other alphabetically--orang...

I really wanted to try my hand at a saucy fresh tomato sauce using tomatoes from the farmer's market for tonight's dinner. The prob...

I decided on Wednesday night because I planned to do all these cooking (zucchini bread, coconut soup), that we needed to have a quick dinner...

Last week, Joey sent me this recipe for pasta with eggs and bacon. We seemingly had all the ingredients at home so it was a great recipe to...

The other day I was talking with my sister in law about what to make for dinner. We had a bit of a vegetarian streak last week and I was ge...

Tortellini is a satisfying comfort food. This dish adapted from Giada's Everyday Pasta cookbook comes together in a flash and looks imp...

I love the days when all my magazines come in the mail. I curl up on the couch and dog-ear recipes I want to try. As soon as I saw the pho...

There is no shortage of pasta sauce types and flavors in the grocery store, but sometimes I don't want to pay $4-5 for a jar that I wil...

This month when my copy of Everyday Food graced my mailbox, I was drawn in by almost every recipe in the magazine. The cover looked like a ...

Last week I decided to whip up this quick pasta dish for dinner. It's Martha's recipe so I figured it would be good, I'm usual...

About six months ago I saw a recipe in a magazine for some dish that required Soba noodles*. Intrigued, I went to several stores in search ...

Last night Joey and decided to make Emeril's recipe for Late Night Pasta in order to use up some bacon we bought for the Ellie Beans we ...

For Christmas, Joey got me Personal Trainer Cooking for the Nintendo DS. It is a program that gives step by step cooking instructions and ...