A 10 minute dinner?  What can you cook in 10 minutes? I’ve got an idea…. There’s a scene that repeats itself far too frequently in my house.  I wander into the kitchen around 30-45 minutes before I get ready to eat and begin to think about what we’ll have for dinner.  Then I remember that […]

  This easy, special weekend breakfast recipe goes by a lot of different names.  Even in my own house, where it is frequently baked, we don’t know what to call it! Hootenanny? Oven Pancake? Dutch Baby? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, and this confection, no matter what you call it, […]

Tradition….Tradition! If you didn’t start singing, just now, I’m not sure we are really friends.  I’ve included the clip from Fiddler on the Roof just so you can get the song in your head and we can be buddies forever.  (Skip to 1:48) Unexpected Traditions My oldest child recently came to me and said, “I […]

  When your family has a weekly Family Movie Night and you give up eating at restaurants for 100 Days, you get really good at making pizza! We love pizza because: It’s delicious. You can eat it with your hands. It’s delicious. It’s easy. Everybody likes it. It’s the natural combination with a movie night. […]

There’s a scene in the movie Chocolat that mesmerizes me every time I watch it. Judy Dench’s character hobbles in to the chocolaterie and hoists herself up onto a stool.  Vienne, the shop keeper, spins a disk of Mayan art and asks what the old woman sees.  “I see a cranky old woman too tired […]

  Now listen, I know you are a fabulous cook.  You are capable of producing a dish, even a whole meal, that people just go gaga for.  They ooh and ahh and sing your praises, and you wear a tiara. But sometimes, you just don’t feel like cooking. And sometimes you need to get supper […]

Growing up, my mom and all the other ladies in our town made Taco Soup.  It was one of those recipes that women shared with each other because it was easy and easy to remember in the days before Pinterest and text messaging. A can of this, a can of that. This soup recipe is […]