There are nights when I come home and the thought of cooking makes me weak in the knees. All I want is to lay down on the couch with a glass of wine and thumb through take out menus while considering what to eat on a hot summer night. Unfortunately, the take out and delivery options in our neighborhood leave much to be desired. Last week during just...

I love cooking dinner for Mike and I, and I love cooking dinner for friends and family. There’s something really satisfying and exciting about dreaming up a new dish and then sharing it with loved ones. But sometimes, I don’t want to deal with all the fuss, the people, and the fear of making (and eating) something that is merely mediocre....

*Recipe Update – after checking in with BF, I had to update this recipe* I am extremely lucky to have a wonderful boyfriend. As an artist, he has a very flexible schedule and is frequently working at home. Over the summer he has been taking care of many things that I have been too busy to attend to. Most importantly, he’s become the main...

I know that as an American, it is really hard to avoid corn products. Corn syrup, corn oil and other types of processed, extracted, sweetened and hydrogenated corn seem to make their way into almost every packaged food item in the store. Corn is the top agricultural crop in the US. I’m not sure if this has lead to the appearance of corn in everything,...