One of the greatest things about blogging is being inspired by other bloggers. I will not wax poetic about how much I love food blogging and social media (which I’m prone to doing), I will simply share with you the recipes and posts that really caught my eye this week. 1) I’m sort of on

On Fridays we like to offer up something fun for the weekend. Often it’s a baked treat like week before last’s Chocolate Muffins with White Chocolate and Dried Cherries or a fun drink like last Friday’s Puerto Rican Egg Nog. Today we’re featuring a cocktail–French Gimlet. Just three ingredients–St. Germain, gin, and lime juice. If

December food is abundant, rich, opulent. And then winter sets in. After all the stuffings and roasts, sweet potatoes and cranberries, January food should be warm and cozy but with a little edge. Which was exactly the kind of dish I was looking for when we invited friends over for a buffet supper a few

A couple months ago, Joy the Baker shared an Orange Pomander tutorial on her site. That post brought me right back to my childhood when Mom, Sharon, and I would make pomanders and hang them around the house at Christmas. With that vibrant orange, the colorful ribbon and the fresh scent, we happily left them up through winter

It was about this time last year that Maggy, Sharon, and I started producing videos for our weekly column in USA Weekend. That first day we shot four videos, enough for a full month’s worth of columns. To avoid wardrobe changes we wore black chef’s jackets in every segment, plus I had a horrible cold.

Over the  years I’ve been on most of the national morning shows, but it wasn’t until last week I got my invite to The Martha Stewart Show. I don’t think I’ve ever been as excited, nor have so many people been excited for me, as my Martha debut. The segments went well. Here’s why. 10.