My 2008 New Years Resolutions

Posted on January 1, 2008 - Filed Under The Book, Thoughts, cookbooks, weightloss | 1 Comment

Happy New Year!
Do you make resolutions? I do. Every year. I don’t necessarily keep them every year though. Wish I could say that I did, but honestly like most people I fall away from the resolutions after a few weeks or months.
But this year is different. My resolutions are grounded in things that I really [...]

Recipe: Roasted Pesto Cauliflower

Posted on November 14, 2007 - Filed Under The Book, vegetables, vegetarian | Leave a Comment

I like vegetables a lot. But what I don’t like is boring vegetables — just steamed or boiled and thrown on a plate. I don’t think that does the flavor of any veggies justice. It’s just like cooking with any kind of meat or fish: sure, you could just grill it up and throw a [...]

FINALLY! A Real, Live, Working Fridge!

Posted on August 10, 2007 - Filed Under Blog news, The Book, rants | Leave a Comment

Here’s a quick recap, if you haven’t been keeping up on my refrigerator issues: my not-quite three-year-old fridge went on the fritz over the week of July 4th when I was away. First it stopped freezing and then it stopped refrigerating. We lost more food than I realized, including batch after batch of my homemade [...]

What a difference 5 years makes

Posted on June 7, 2007 - Filed Under The Book, Thoughts | 2 Comments

No, I haven’t disappeared. Its just been a busy week. I had some work to do on the cookbook, which is coming along nicely and is due out in August (!). YAY! I cannot wait to see what the cover looks like and to hold it in my hands – a hard copy of a [...]

Oh Sweet Relief!

Posted on May 8, 2007 - Filed Under The Book | 3 Comments

It’s done. At least the first draft. Now, I have the arduous process of waiting for the edits to come back. But in the meantime, I can just bask in the knowledge that I have written the first draft of my first cookbook. How exciting is that?
Of course, after hitting send, I realized that some [...]

Mouthwatering Greek Salad

Posted on May 6, 2007 - Filed Under The Book, salad | 2 Comments

I am in the throws of finishing the first draft of my manuscript for Families Eat Together. My publisher was generous enough to give me a one week extension and the draft is now due tomorrow, instead of May 1.
But I wanted to take a few minutes from my frantic writing and editing to bring [...]

Family Is What You Always Have

Posted on April 18, 2007 - Filed Under The Book, Thoughts | 6 Comments

It was 4:45 on Monday afternoon when the phone call came. It wasn’t something shocking or unexpected . . . there had been forewarning. She was ready for the next chapter to open.
Still, to get that call that my cousin Grace Louise had passed on, I was caught without breath for a moment. Her words [...]

Bear with me please

Posted on April 15, 2007 - Filed Under Blog news, The Book | 2 Comments

You may have noticed the change around here. I am in love with this new design, and am thrilled that it matches up with what I do: write about food. I thought the previous black and white look matched me, but after a year and a half of it, I realized things had changed. It [...]

A few cookies and a glass of milk . . .

Posted on March 26, 2007 - Filed Under The Book | 2 Comments

. . . does little to drive away the writer’s block.
A whole week away from my blog? I can’t believe it! So what have I been doing while neglecting this nearly daily log of eats and exploits? Well, for one, I am still editing Well Fed On The Town, Fit Fare and Sugar Savvy, so [...]

When the going gets tough . . .

Posted on March 6, 2007 - Filed Under The Book, chicken, leftovers, quick and easy | Leave a Comment

I held a mini-tasting in my kitchen for some family members this weekend. I test cooked about seven recipes for the book and several were clear winners, getting instant cheers. Meanwhile a few others are going back to the drawing board because they are just missing something. Obviously, it was productive. I wouldn’t want to [...]

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