My second favorite holiday is just around the corner.  4th of July is one of the happiest days in my year. 

I have made this dessert a million times.  A million times I love it.  I am a HUGE Nigella Lawson fan and I

This lemon filling does not help my lemon problem.  What problem you ask?  The problem where I cannot say no

When the weather is 100+ degrees, the last thing that I feel like doing is cooking.  Sometimes I don't even f

I am not much of a breakfast eater.  When I do eat breakfast, I eat the same boring thing every day.  Whole

This recipe for Marinated Mozzarella is less recipe, more method.  You can change this up in so many ways, bu

I really thought that summer vacation would mean lazy days and lots of adventures.  So far, summer vacation h

If you are a loyal blog reader (and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for being one) you will notice tha

When I was in high school, I had pretty much the best job ever.  I worked in an ice cream parlor that served

We love to make pizza around here.  It is a favorite with the adults and children alike.  I make my own doug

For the last day of school, I wanted to bring all of the Kindergartner's one last treat for the year.  I was

This week has been crazy.  I did not realize how busy the end of the school year is.  So far this week we ha

Although I live in California, I am from New Jersey.  This Jersey girl misses Jersey food.  There is a bagel

A few days ago, I posted an easy and fast recipe for Barbecue Chicken Sandwiches.  I thought about the sandwi

When I was a little girl, my mom owned a catering business and worked a lot of nights.  I would have sleepove

When I was making my Enchiladas Verdes a few weeks ago, I decided to try to make a mole as well.  I love Mexi

We are big Snickerdoodle fans around here.  Not only are Snickerdoodles my favorite cookie, they are also Wil

After making the flag cake, I had a ton of egg yolks to use up.  I did a google search for what to do with le

When Wes and I were in Charleston, eating our way through town, our children were at my mother-in-law's house

A few years ago, I decided to change up my Thanksgiving dinner a bit.  I was watching Let's Talk Turkey on th

I had some cream cheese laying around that I needed to use.  I would feel really bad letting some cream chees

Sure, this is a nice white cake.  It looks a little boring, no?  Well, let's a peek inside shall we? I found

I really should have titled this blog post "My favorite Mexican dish of all time."  I have a serious love aff

You know when you come home from a trip, you just crave a home cooked meal.  After eating out for a week, I j

This week I have been talking about how much I love Charleston, South Carolina.  After spending a few days th

I have written about my love affair with Charleston before and decided to make some of my favorite Charleston

I had the honor to photograph one of my good friend's weddings last weekend in Charleston, South Carolina.  N

This dish is a summer staple.  Grilled chicken and bruschetta.  It is an easy and fresh summer dinner.  I m

When you write a food blog, you tend to read a lot of food blogs.  Amanda at i am baker is one of my favorite

I needed to make a special treat for someone that did something nice for me. I did a little recon and found ou

I am sort of obsessed with my new ice cream maker. I love how easy it is to take a few simple ingredients and

Caramel and I have a long history.  I want to be good at making it and it just wants to keep bringing me down

I've said it before and I'll say it again.  I love to eat salads this time of year.  This salad is inspired

When the summer fruit starts arriving at the fruit stand I cannot help myself, I have to make a buckle.  I lo

Normally I do not go for chocolate ice cream.  Definitely a vanilla base kind of girl.  But we were having a

Some of my favorite things to make and eat at home are inspired by something that I ate in a restaurant somewh