Sharon’s Wedding Brownies Today is the eve of Sharon and Anthony’s wedding. In a few hours we’ll be packing up the car and driving forty-five minutes up I-95 to New Haven, CT to help them celebrate. In some ways it’s a traditional wedding—a beautiful bride in a candlelight dress, a handsome groom in a tailored

94% of you will ask, what is SantaCon? It’s a Santa Conference, of course! Thousands of men, women and even children and pets dressed as Santa moving around New York City en masse spreading good tidings and holiday cheer (with a few drinks along the way). As soon as Andy and I found out about

When my friends asked me to replicate a roasted pumpkin soup from their recent trip to Austria for their wedding reception last September, I was stumped for a few minutes—not how to make it, but how to serve it. It was a buffet after all and there wasn’t a seated first course where a cup

This past Saturday I went out for early brunch, and it was still a long time until dinner so I stopped at Starbucks for a snack. Since I was working on a chai tea concentrate recipe (inspired by Maggy’s post earlier this year) for an upcoming article, I ordered one to remind me of the

Yesterday afternoon New York-area bloggers and new media friends got together for the Annual Holiday Cookie Swap, a charity fundraiser, hosted by Bloggers without Borders and friends at the amazing Hill Country Barbecue. It’s always fun to get together with friends who have a common love of food, but it’s even more fun when you’re doing

The following is a guest post by my  fiance, Anthony Damelio… As an Italian-American, lasagna and its myriad baked pasta relatives have always been close to my heart and stomach. I adore the freedom of being able to combine whatever seasonable vegetables I might have on hand with any type of short pasta, using a

Next in our week of Thanksgiving makeovers is Elizabeth Karmel’s Sweet Potato Bourbon Mash, her answer to the treacly marshmallow-topped Sweet Potato Casserole. And since I prefer my sweet for dessert, I’m so behind her plan to dramatically lower the sugar and lose the marshmallows. Raised on BBQ in North Carolina and currently the executive

Yesterday we enjoyed Lior’s Spiced Cranberry Chutney With Apricots and Pecans. Today I offer another brilliant holiday recipe from Chicago chef Paul Kahan. His assignment was a tough one. I had him retool creamed onions, probably the stodgiest of all the Thanksgiving side dishes. And precisely because his task was difficult, I was the especially

A couple of times these past few months I’ve mentioned in passing the Lean Cuisine Culinary Roundtable, but when I got a call from my cousin in Pensacola, FL wanting to know why I was pictured on the back of her frozen entrée with five cute chefs, I knew it was time to talk. The

One of my favorite cookbooks of all time is Nigella Lawson’s, Christmas. I bought it about five years ago, right after I got married, when I was living in England. Mom, Dad and Sharon were coming for Christmas and I was equal parts ecstatic and terrified. I couldn’t wait to have my family in my

As you all know we Three Many Cooks love our recipes but each of us also believes it’s equally important to internalize a few basic cooking techniques.  Those nights when you don’t have the time or energy to try a new recipe?  Techniques allow you to open the fridge and create a meal with what

 My little sister is getting married. This little sister. This photo was probably taken in 1988 outside student housing at Yale Divinity School, where Dad was studying for the ministry. Now my sister is doing her graduate work there. And getting married at the chapel there. I feel like I’m in the Twighlight Zone. Two

As David and I were driving back to Connecticut from our Pennsylvania home in Saturday’s snowstorm I realized there was no going back to fall. In that case, I went ahead and declared the holidays officially here. And since we’re in full holiday mode, I was reminded of Sharon’s biscotti recipe from last year that

It’s no secret. I’ve all but stopped cooking these past few months. With essentially two full-time jobs, a blog, a bustling social life, food events and a myriad of other responsibilities, I can’t seem to find the time. Unlike others who try to avoid cooking dinner, I look for every opportunity. But I have almost