At a recent Blogging Angels podcast, we talked to Jennifer Perillo, she of In Jennie’s Kitchen fame. And sadly, made even more well-known, by the sudden death of her husband (and, in a weird coincidence my longtime co-worker/editor at Lifetime) Michael. The night before Jennifer arrived for the record (which we do at my dining [...]
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Blogging Angels Banana Bread
Posted in cooking, tagged Baking, Banana bread, Blogging Angels, Jennifer Perillo on November 5, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Me, Bobby Flay and Marcella Valladolid eat and get drunk
Posted in cooking, Food, tagged Bobby Flay, Cooking with Tequila, Hellmann's, Ladies Night In, Marcella Valladolid, Margarita recipe, Sauza Tequila on September 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Well, that’s not entirely true. I mean, I did meet Bobby Flay and Marcella Valladolid — both of them real honest-to-goodness Food Network Stars – but I’m pretty certain that the preternaturally fit and handsome Bobby Flay didn’t eat ANY of the food he had us try at the Hellmann’s/Share Our Strength event, and I’m [...]
My Dog Has Gone Punk Rock on Me
Posted in cooking, Dogs, Family, pets, tagged dog with dyed hair, moroccan meatlball recipe on April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So I made this really really good meatball dish for dinner. Not that labor intensive (despite the long ingredient list). Needless to say – the hubby forgot to tell me he had a business dinner, my son took one look at it and said he didn’t like it, and my daughter and I were left [...]
DSi XL: Bigger really is better
Posted in cooking, Family, Reviews, tagged America's Test Kitchen Let's Get Cooking, Big Screen DSi, DSi XL, Nintendo DSi on March 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Seems like we like everything big in this country. Big cars, big hair, big portions in big fast food restaurant chains. And now, big handheld games. With a screen that’s 93% bigger than a DSLite, the new DSiXL, releasing today, is poised to be the – if you’ll excuse the expression - next big thing [...]
Me and Rachael Ray
Posted in cooking, Family on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have 67 cookbooks. 67! Julia Child, James Beard, Jim Fobel, Patricia Wells, Barbara Kafka, The Silver Palate gals…to name a few. And those are only the ones in active rotation. There are other “collectible” cookbooks around the house too – my 1950′s Happy Housewife book, for instance. . I also have countless back issues [...]
Best Brisket EVER
Posted in cooking, Family, tagged Brisket, Hannukah, Pot Roast, Recipes on December 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Like the most beautiful baby in the world, the greatest Brisket Recipe is something everyone thinks they have. Only I really do. Really. This is Brisket that’ll have you speaking Yiddish even if you were raised my nuns. This is Brisket that would give a vegetarian pause, would get Sarah Palin to give up Moose. [...]

















