Our extended family is blessed to include some wonderful Italians (the rest of us are all good German stock, so we appreciate the variety), and one of our Christmas traditions is to have a big spaghetti dinner together on Christmas day. A huge pot of spaghetti, another of homemade tomato...
My brother lived in Waikiki for a few years, and I was lucky enough to get to visit him, AND to go to an ‘authentic Hawaiian luau celebration” with my family while we were there. I put that in quotes because who knows how authentic it really was – people from...
Breakfast for dinner is always a popular choice with my family, but sometimes I’m hungry for a meal that’s more substantial and nutritious than the usual pancakes or waffles we fix. On occasions like this, I turn towards frittatas; they include eggs (which make them breakfast-like) and other savory ingredients such...
Happy Cinco de Mayo! If you’ve ever seen these delicate sweet buns in Latin American bakeries (usually big and flat with pretty colored toppings and neat designs swirled into the top,) like me, you may have wondered how on earth they were made to look that way. And if you’re...
Imagine a fudgy, delicious brownie. . . and now imagine you can have it for breakfast. (That’s always a choice, I guess, but it may not be a good one if you like fitting into your clothes). With this recipe though, you can have that brownie any time of day,...
