Last night I went and bought a 10 pound ham and took over the kitchen with a fit of frenzy. I prepared the ham in the tradition of my peopl...

Yesterday was K's birthday. We celebrated in grand style with a dinner of seafood namely our luxurious crustacean friend, mister Lobste...

image randomly stolen from the internet following a google search. uncredited, so sue me. "WHAT?"You may be asking yourself is pi...

Yesterday I went into a cleaning frenzy the likes of which hasn't been seen in our apartment in quite some time. I enlisted the help of...

Mayonaise is like the poor man's butter, you can add it to almost anything and increase the fatty goodness and flavor. What would Potat...

Today I tip my hat to Shrimp Lo Mein and thank it for helping me to meet my daily dietary fat requirements.

not the left foot, the right foot. That's the one you're supposed to be starting this year on. Do you have your list or are you to...

These are the really important questions we have to ask ourselves as we age. As a society we find ourselves constantly bombarded with images...

Last week, after a meal of Empanada's at the newly opened location for Empanada Joe's on 22nd street, I became very ill with what I ...

Slowly I am venturing back to solid food. Tentatively I can say that it is a good thing. I'm such a foodie. I love to cook, to eat. I m...

Something rather alarming happened over the weekend. For many this wouldn't seem alarming, but for me, well, it's a different story...

I am a foodie at heart. Last night I was cooking black bean quesadillas, a new favorite recipe I've been working on. I make them with ...

Much like the apple that tempted eve, this little apple is another forbidden fruit, a pandora's box if you ask me. Do I need the intern...

I smell fried chicken. It took me a while to realize that there is no friend chicken cooking anywhere in the vicinity. Maybe I have begun t...

It's April in New York. In fact, it's April everywhere, well unless you live an an alternate dimension, but then again according th...

We drove up to Simon and Jason's country home on Friday for Easter. It is this beautiful 200 year old house nestled between a pond and ...

She swirled her purple pen across the napkin, signing her name with a heart and caressing it as she delicately placed it near the edge of ou...

Early this morning very quietly and I hope peacefully, my grandmother took her final breath and slipped away from this world. Leona Messer r...

photo by the very busy Carrie Thomas I am a foodie by nature , the food version of a Junkie. I love cooking, eating and fantasizing about fo...

In a previous post, I mentioned liberating the cooped up chickens with visions of their egg production doubling. I am please to announce th...