I am a huge advocate of getting my children to try new foods. What I mean to say is, I believe our palates evolve (or so I tell my kids). When I was a kid I wasn’t a big fan of tomatoes and avocados (to name 2 of at least 300), but now I adore [...]

I love good soups. When a good soup meets my lips and warms my throat down to my belly, even my toes get a wiggle.
This is a perfect time of year for soups; and for using my favorite kitchen tool: an immersion blender. You don’t need one for this soup, of course, but if you [...]

Kids love it: it tastes like meat candy. They also love it because if they help me make it, they get to measure and pour and add a pinch of this and a glugg of that. Anything that feels like a science experiment, eh?
I love to make it because it is easy and can be [...]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! It can be fun to dress up humble smashed potatoes; the fun only increases if it is for a festive affair. To be totally Frank—or Patrick for today’s namesake—the reason I like these green smashers is because, well, they are better for you than when they aren’t green.The peas in this [...]

Lemony Green Beans are the perfect blend of citrus, olive oil and kosher salt. When I named them Lemony Green Beans all I could think of was Lemony Snicket, a children’s series that my son read some time ago. It is actually a bit ‘dark’ and tragic—not for all kids. These beans are far from [...]