Cooking Articles

The Slow Cooker On Leftover Night

Here’s a familiar scenario: you’ve gone out to eat and have gotten so full by the time your main course has arrived that you had to save most of your meal in a doggy bag. I am thinking of an Italian...

Do you remember the first movie you saw in the theater?  I remember mine. It was Grease, and boy, was I obsessed with that movie. I used to spend hours at a time looking at the album cover, which was...

Years ago, a friend of mine gave me a recipe for a no fat, low calorie, quick and easy pineapple angel food cake. The best part, according to my friend, was that it only used two ingredients: a box of...

I was on a press trip in Florida a couple weeks ago, trying out the spa services at a resort. I’m not going to lie. I love massages like a bee loves honey…or something like that. But eight hours in...

This weather calls for strategy. It is not just New York City, it seems the whole country is under siege right now from soaring temperatures, thunderstorms, and weather patterns where the only thing that...

Well, dear readers, I am on a diet this summer. I hate to admit it, but I suspect all these months taste-testing my own fabulous recipes in the Dr. Bachelor Test Kitchen™ and an extensive travel schedule...

In the film industry, there is something called “the willing suspension of disbelief.” Wikipedia defines this as the “alleged willingness of a viewer to accept as true the premise of a work of fiction,...

I knew the day that my second born son would try his first real food would come very quickly. The time seems to go by so fast with subsequent children, plus it looks like he is racing through his milestones...

My husband and I just welcomed a new member into our family. We brought him home and fed him and held him and made sure he felt safe in the new, big world. We felt bad leaving him at night, even when he...

I just returned from a marvelous day on the farm with my son. After a frustrating hour spent at the DMV trying to get a new driver’s license, we just happened to stumble upon an orchard that features...

New Ideas For Bountiful Herbs

What is green and grows all over? The answer, as even the most black-thumbed gardener knows, is herbs. This time of year, the height of the summer harvest, even if your lettuce wilted in a heat wave...

Quick and Easy Challenge

One of the most common issues I hear when talking about cooking with other parents is how to get a healthy dinner on the table quickly and easily. It doesn’t matter what your day might involve. Whether...

The Strawberry Alarm Clock is About to Buzz

Now is the one time of year when everyone in America can get decent berries. Yes, I know, we can get fresh berries all year round now from places south of the Equator. And that's not a bad thing. And...

Artichokes: Not Guilty, But Delicious

Artichokes are one of my favorite vegetables, and their long cooking time lends them especially well to slow cooking. They are a member of the thistle family, and native to the Mediterranean, which makes...

It's Tomato Time!

There are few times I advocate eating food from a can; one of those few foods are tomatoes. That’s because the majority of the year, save for the time we are in right now, those hot house grown tomatoes...

Eating For Your Amusement

My family and I are fresh off a day trip to a local amusement park and I’m still feeling like a big kid. Our action-packed day included braving some long lines, repeating some of the really fun rides...