Food

Apple season is here and this is a great time to serve up some delicious apple crisps. A perfect, healthy snack and a great decoration for fall muffins, cakes and baked goods. One large apple sliced crosswise ¼” thick, with…Read More

Halloween is right around the corner, which means it’s crunch time to find that perfect costume and to start getting ready for all of those spook-tacular parties. When it comes to bringing something for a holiday, I’m not as creative…Read More

Such a simple, quick and easy salad to prepare, it’s light and delicious and looks amazing! Serves 2 for light main course: 2              ripe Hass avocados 2              large heads of Belgium endive 3/4lb       shrimp, cooked, peeled and deveined…Read More

It’s in your fruit, bread, soda and cake. Too much of this and you can affect your brain, skin and cells. What is this? Sugar. I recently came across an article by Psychology Today stating how we are eating too…Read More

It’s about that time where you pack up the shorts and pull out your fall jacket. Even though it is bitter sweet to say good-bye to summer, fall is full of change. It’s when the leaves change color, routines change…Read More

I love smoked fish—especially smoked trout. There’s a little place in the Catskill mountains that smokes trout to perfection. This salad looks wonderful and taste the same. It’s a real treat! Serves 2: 1            …Read More

If you have your own vegetable garden in the backyard, or have access to local farmers markets, there’s no reason that you can’t enjoy the taste of summer for months to come. Freezing is a great way to preserve the fresh,…Read More

The potato, a very common vegetable served in a variety of ways. But where did the potato come from, what are its origins. It is recognized that the potato originated about 7,000 year ago in South America on the high…Read More

Flat beans, which are also known as helda beans, are very similar to the popular English runner bean. Romano beans are another form of flat bean that originated in Italy. Depending where you come from, you develop a staunch loyalty…Read More

Nowadays, it seems like just about everyone is going gluten-free. From Kim Kardashian to the newly engaged Miley Cyrus, people around the country have embraced the gluten-free lifestyle and found success with removing wheat from their diets. While the gluten-free…Read More