Cooking Articles

An Easy Dinner Pho a Stress-Free Holiday Season

Welcome to the crazy season. As if the mounting pressure of impending holiday parties and gift buying was not bad enough, the unofficial name given to the start of the annual gift-giving holiday season...

Go Green and Be Thankful: Make a Casserole

Like any other family, mine has several holiday traditions: some funny, some touching, and probably many that are quirky. On Thanksgiving, we all write what we are thankful for on little note cards...

Don't Toss The Bird!

By the time you read this you are likely still eating leftovers from Thanksgiving. You’ve had turkey on sandwiches, turkey in soup, maybe even turkey in your breakfast hash. That turkey carcass is...

Everything but the Turkey Gravy

By the time you read this, a few days will have passed since the joyous gathering of beloved and irritating relatives that is known as Thanksgiving. After 24 hours in a food coma, you probably woke up...

Jenny's Double Chocolate Experiment

“Mommy, I feel like baking tonight.” Really! What are you thinking of making? “I’d like to experiment with some sugar cookies. Chocolate fudge sugar cookies.” Mmm. Sounds delicious....

Ten Tips For Leftover Turkey

It’s the perennial post-Thanksgiving dinner issue: what to do with all that leftover turkey? �Love it or hate it? �Ever think about getting your kids in on the act? It was just last year, when the big...

Bonus Points for Preparing Pesto

Pat yourself on the back. Thanksgiving is over. Maybe you made it through and put a perfect, flavorful (and thankful) meal on the table. Or maybe you burnt the turkey and had to order pizza (any children...

Chestnut Choices

If Jack Frost has already started nipping at your nose, I sure hope you are roasting chestnuts, open fire or not. This seasonal delicacy is simple, festive, delicious and even nutritious. Like so many...

Cold Turkey

I’ve eaten Thanksgiving dinner at a restaurant twice in my life. Once was with my first husband and our respective families. We went to a buffet where the food and the service were, in a word, horrible....

Classic Twists for No-Fail Parties

Party season is upon us and so begins the search for the perfect cocktail party spread. When putting together the menu the tension is always going to be between the desire to have crowd-pleasing recipes...

Food Packaging 101

I recently sent a box of baked goodies to a friend in Scotland. Fortunately, it arrived safe and sound, so I thought I'd share some tips with you so your home baked treats get to their destinations safely...

Progressive Crockpot Dinner Party

With the holiday entertaining season in full swing, it’s time to dig out some old favorite recipes and share them with friends and family. But the very thought of hosting a holiday dinner and planning...

Party Perfect Without Breaking the Bank

With the economy being what it is, it might seem like a contradiction to party this holiday season after what has been a very tough year financially for many people. That being said, celebrating the season...

Holiday Time Is Cookie Time

In case you haven’t noticed, this is the most wonderful time of the year. Whether you are party hopping or happily hostessing, the coming month promises a dizzying amount of revelries. In fact, December...

Mother's Little Holiday Helper

Normally, I’m not a regular at the ubiquitous coffee chain you can find in every corner of America; I only go if someone else asks me to meet up there. I like to make my coffee at home first thing in...

Every year my husband and his friends have a tradition of staging a pig roast. They wake up at the crack of dawn one November Saturday morning and get all the guys together. With a secret recipe and...