It is sad, tear-worthy really. You know how you make a certain dish at Thanksgiving, the one that you [almost] enjoy more the second day? The otherwise forbidden treat, that special side-dish that you can’t wait to beckon off your fork?
I realize Thanksgiving is quite over, but I cannot shake the fact that my favorite [...]

Slow roasted romas are so easy to make, so far in advance, and so beautiful going in and out of the oven. I like to make these oven-roasted Roma tomatoes to serve with rich dishes including pasta, soup or quiche. They happily sit next to eggs, on morning toast or in the middle of a [...]

My son has been dedicated to loving the color yellow for 9 solid years. Not just any yellow, but dandelion yellow. If asked, his favorite color was bright, friendly, smiley-face yellow. This color obsession went well with pokemon, spongebob and soccer socks; he noticed yellow houses, embraced yellow daffodils and sunflowers, ate yellow popsicles and [...]

The farmers market is a great place to snag yellow wax beans, a cousin to—if not just a color-altered version of—green string beans. Take a pile of them, enough to serve the number of mouths at your table, and snip off the ends. GREAT JOB FOR KIDS: snipping off ends of green or yellow beans [...]

They might as well be candy—or dessert for that matter. Grilled Romas taste so sweet; they go amazingly well with Sausage Cream Pasta.

Grilled Roma Tomatoes
6 Romas
2 cloves garlic, minced
2-3 T of olive oil
Big pinch kosher salt
Fresh ground pepper to taste
1-2 T fresh oregano
Cut roma tomatoes in half lengthwise. Mix all ingredients, place flesh side down [...]