i was working home today, so i broiled a piece of fish and ate it with some raw spinach dressed in the champagne orange vinegar i just bought at la trader joe's. lest this meal seem too earnest, i ...

i made this tonight for my weekly sunday night dinner/Wire and L Word viewing. I doubled the recipe since there were 3 of and added some sausage. What a perfect peasant meal for a miserable Februar...

i've been way under the weather this week, so on recommendation from a friend, i'm making a gingery-limey chicken soup with a relish of thai pepper that i'll put in at the end. i'm curious to see i...

lentil with sausage, thank ya veddy much!

i would make chocolate pepper cookies (my grandmother's specialties) festooned with as many colors as possible; it's how my goddaughters prefer them!

i want a red one for my yellow and red kitchen, thank ya veddy much. on it would play white christmas/merry christmas baby by none other than Mr Otis Redding. huzzah!

i've never had the patience for the NYC TJ's--lines that long compel me to evaluate whether i really NEED dried blueberries or mango pomegranate juice or insert esoteric item here. But my parents l...