Update: I originally made these Snickerdoodle Muffins back in 2013 and they are STILL my favorite muffin recip

I don't typically share photos taken with an iPhone, BUT I had to get this recipe for moist strawberry coconut

I have always been a traditionalist when it comes to coffee, but this current trend of replacing cream with bu

It's a new year and time for some new recipes! Today I'm starting with these spicy Brussels sprouts with almon

Update: I originally made this Most Clicked Chocolate Cake from a recipe I found years ago (7 birthdays ago to

Biscotti, my love! My goodness, these simple almond & chocolate biscotti are so, well, SIMPLE to make. Bak

The Sicilians in my family, including my mom, never used whole grain pasta - or whole grain anything for that

It's pronounced Sca-chada and it is one of our family's favorite food memories from our childhood. Not quite a

These truly are the best Italian sugar cookies ever. Maybe that's why they are one of my most popular pins on

You don't need to be a skilled cook to whip up this easy mini omelet soufflé. I used to think it had to be ha

I love to soak chia seeds overnight to create a chia "pudding," but sometimes I don't like to wait that long f

I finally made whole wheat muffins with high muffin tops. To me, if a muffin doesn't rise above the muffin tin

Italian Easter Bread is simply a homemade sweet bread baked with colorful Easter eggs nestled in the dough. Th

What us a scuffin? A scuffin is the perfect combination of muffin and scone. Are you wondering why somebody, l

I'm thinking I need to  promise myself that I'll make and eat pizza at least once a week. That's because

Seems like all I've been doing for the last couple weeks of this holiday season is cooking, baking and washin

Whenever I make snowball cookies I always hear people say how much they love them! Whether you know them as Ru

Update: This spicy sausage and shrimp pasta jambalaya recipe has been revised to make it even easier to follow

There are folks who add ground beef to tomato sauce and call it Bolognese. I don't mean to sound snobby, but I

I recently made Mexican rice and have pretty much been craving it ever since. I love it! Yesterday I made it a

Have you ever felt stuck in your life? You know - the kind of stuck where you feel like there's no place to g

Now that I'm all moved from Santa Cruz into my new place in Sacramento, I'm starting to enjoy my larger kitche

It's time to get back to normal life after weeks of excitement waiting for my daughter's baby to be born. The

I definitely want to share a little about these chunky hazelnut cookies, but first I want to tell you about so

My friends and family swoon over these Nutty Pumpkin Pie Scones. I could pretend it's because I'm a great bake

Today is my birthday, and I'm thankful for the gift of of my son's life. Recently my beautiful son Jaye was hi

I can never stock up on enough breakfast cookie recipes, especially since they are my work-week breakfast 95 p

American breakfast sure has changed over the years, hasn't it? For the most part, it used to be either cereal,

Cookies are among my favorite things to bake. As a cookie lover, I have a personal interest in always honing

I didn't feel so hot this morning, so I made these whole wheat berry scones. Not sure why, but sometimes bakin

It's a rare year when I actually follow through on New Year resolutions, and this happens to be one of them. A

I guess we all have those couple of dishes from childhood that we remember and love. For me, the dish that r

Naked is good. I never really thought about it that much, but I've always loved the simplicity and beauty of

The East Coast, Italian and Jewish side of me wants to start off by saying, "This is the best freakin' thing y

It's 12:01 a.m. on November 2nd, which means I am now officially 55. That sounds crazy. But then again, it doe

For a Jewish Italian girl growing up in the suburbs of Boston, it may sound a little weird for me to say that