Category: Food & Beverages

• Leftover Makeover: How to Make a Vegetable, Goat Cheese and Bacon Frittata

  

  “Food can be expressive and therefore food can be art” ~ Grant Achatz In a frittata, the eggs are the canvas. The vegetables make up the color palate, and this is where you as the cook can add your own touches of brightness as well as a multitude of vibrant flavors. In our kitchen no […]

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  February 8, 2022

  farmers markets, Food & Beverages, Uncategorized

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• Harvest Recipe: Roasted Delicata Squash with Bacon, Local Maple Syrup and Goat Cheese

  

  John and I spent the 2020 Thanksgiving holiday in an unusually quiet fashion last year due to COVID-19. I still cooked the full dinner, because to me the Thanksgiving meal is about sharing love & gratitude, and I wasn’t going to let the coronavirus get in the way of that. We pivoted from our usual […]

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  November 19, 2021

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• Eat Your Words: 125 Food and Beverage Themed Puzzles for Hungry Minds

  

  I am thrilled to share that I recently published my first book! Eat Your Words consists of 125 food and beverage themed puzzles and it truly is a feast for hungry minds. This book is a compilation of work that started many years ago and it has been a labor of love to put so […]

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  November 15, 2021

  Eat Your Words/Culinary Puzzle, Food & Beverages, Uncategorized

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