I looked at my before and after photo from January of 2008 when I was in the depth of chemo for my Ovarian Cancer and I was horrified at the pictures, I was sure it wasn’t me, how could I look that scary and sick and at the time and not realize what condition I was in?
None of my family or friends let on as to how they must have felt when they looked at my face and into my eyes, instead their behavior indicated I was doing well …
Leave it to Mario Batali to come up with such a delicious combination...READ MORE Leave it to Jacques Pepin to give us this recipe...READMORE
My Mom & Bob's Polish Easter eggs, this one a beautiful iris...read more
Easter time is one of my favorite times of the year. Families gather, Easter tables are set and we cooks look forward to...read more
ST. JOSEPH'S DAY FEAST
ARUGULA, CRANBERRY, WALNUT, ROQUEFORT SALAD
A DELICIOUS EASTER-TIME BUFFET/BABY SHOWER
GALUMPKI'S, SPAETZLE AND GRANDMA JULIE'S HANDS...
Great pasta vodka includes two delicious ingredients: pancetta and heavy cream. What's not to like right? Well, when I make nightly dinners, I look for healthy alternatives
Buttery pecan crust, icy vanilla yogurt layered with tangy lemon curd and topped with a wave of golden meringue....
When grandma and her grandaughters come together to make this St. Joseph bread
When I served this to our daughter's college friend,fresh from the St. Patty's Day Parade...RECIPE
Cait made a delicious Champagne, Walnut Vinaigrette...RECIPE
Baked Ham with Creamy Country Mustard Sauce
Seminal moments in a cook's life....stuffed cabbage or "galumpkis" was, for me, one of them. 
My favorite 15-minute, Healthy Work-night Meal.. 
Polenta & Eggs For Two
Maybe it was the impossibly, achingly beautiful
Balthazar's Amazing Goat Cheese Tart with Carmelized Onion
On a cold night in Manhattan where we celebrated my mother's 70th birthday,
A Sisters' Love: the Feast of 3 Fishes
"I'm going to cook for you," my younger sister Susan said. "You've cooked so many meals for me and I want to cook for you
A REMINDER OF WHY WE COOK
I'd like to say it was the juicy blueberries, crunchy walnuts and oh, so light crepe-like pancakes, but that wasn't what made these pancakes special.
Tall, Dark & Handsome Pie
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