Celebrations & Seasons

There are lots of people who dislike Halloween — the pageantry, the candy, the pagan connections. But me? I love it. And so does my community. Every year, our town …

These might look a lot like roasted pumpkin seeds. But they aren’t. They’re actually from a spaghetti squash. And they’re just as delicious. Ok. Are you ready for this? This …

Halloween is a-coming and I couldn’t be happier. Last year, Halloween was weird for us given the unexpectedly bad blizzard and power outage that nearly cancelled it altogether here. So …

Looking for the perfect recipes for game day food? Here are more than 50 recipe ideas perfect for the Super Bowl — or any game day. With the Super Bowl …

Back in November, I told myself that this would be the holiday season where I went back to my old ways of baking a ton of deliciousness and giving it …

Are you ready for tomorrow? I’ve been cooking since about 7 a.m. today (not including the pre-7 a.m. breakfasts I made for the kids) and am all set for our …

Seven years ago, I hosted my first Thanksgiving dinner. Shawn and I were newlyweds, and I couldn’t wait to play hostess. It was practically an obsession for me, and I …

With a tender crumb and a sweet icing to finish it off, this Iced Pumpkin Bundt Cake is a lovely fall cake with big pumpkin flavor.

Ahoy, me hearties. Today be buccaneer tide at me office. Me work shipmates an’ I dressed up like sea dogs. Thar be sea dog foods, games an’ treasure. It be …

The end of school for this year is almost here and it’s really hard to believe. Wasn’t it just yesterday that I was freaking out about catching the school bus, …