I've been on a whirlwind schedule lately - leading a culinary tour in Germany and France and working on my nex

Before I left for a week on a houseboat on Lake Powell, I was in the kitchen whipping up things to take on the

Every time I buy a chicken, I carefully wrap up the tiny livers and freeze them, waiting to get enough to make

I love the world of social media. No, I'm being serious, I really do. I've had the most fascinating connection

I know last month was actually National Ice Cream Month, and I should have gotten around to this recipe then.

Do you ever wish you had something a little more special to eat for lunch at home? If you're like me and you w

Root Down is one of the many great restaurants in Denver that follows a ???field to fork??? mentality, leaning

When I know that I'm going to be getting a half hog or lamb or some grass fed beef soon from a farmer or ranch

How did half of July, national ice cream month, get away from me before I posted a single frozen treat for you

It seems like for the past 10 years, every restaurant has a salad on the menu with roasted beets and goat chee

Do you ever just crave something and you simply must figure out a recipe for it and make it? I don't think tha

Tomorrow's the big day - happy 4th of July if you live in the United States! Happy Summer if you live in the n

When I got home from New York this week I saw that the summer heat in Colorado had very quickly turned my cute

Sometimes when I cater parties the client springs for tuna tartare for an appetizer. I usually season the raw

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Do you ever get an order of edamame beans when you order in Chinese food? The place we love in Denver sends a

I've had quite a few friends ask me what Pinterest is lately. (These are "older" friends, not the kids who hav

Before I left for Italy, back when we were inundated with our fourth Tuesday snow storm of the spring season,

When I was asked to pull together recipes for the Tasting Colorado Cookbook, I had the challenge of identifyin

There is something simply magical about spring. After enduring snow and freezing temperatures for months, the

I always say I'm not much of a baker - a few weeks ago I actually made 3 dozen banana muffins that I had to th

It's been a long wait for spring here in the Rocky Mountains - our past four weeks have included a freezing ma

I woke up this past Tuesday to the fourth week of spring snow storms in Colorado. I don't mean a simple little

I've written many times about my blog sponsor, Sun Prairie Beef. Yes, they advertise with me, and yes, they pr

If you search for shrimp soup online, you'll be amazed at everything that turns up - Asian soups (both with an

Whole grains. I'm sure you've noticed that everything you read (except paleo diets) tells you to work to get m

I've been asked quite a few times how I decided to put the Cowboy Corn Cakes on the front cover of my new cook

I buy just about all of my meat from local Colorado farmers and ranchers, which means large amounts of meat, b

Many people think of pesto as a summer treat, probably because many people only think of basil pesto, which wo

Have you noticed how foods trend? One trend in the past year or so has been Korean food - I think it all start

For those of you who might be following along, yesterday marked day 4 of my experiment with a nutrition and we

I woke up after two weeks of trying to watch what I eat in order to shed some excess weight and found myself r

Let me introduce you to my great niece Bella. She loves Lucy's cage almost as much as Lucy does.Then Lucy will

Boy, there are days when I wish I were a three month old puppy like my little Lucy. Or a 17 year old teenage b

This easy-to-make baked chèvre with flavors of pizza can be increased to any proportion and is equally great

Stress. Grief. Loss. Anger. Worry. Exhaustion. Frustration. Disappointment. These are the feelings that for me