I had my doubts this morning. The forecast predicted was 80 degrees and sunny. Wait, what?  It was 59 degrees and foggy at 7am this morning. However around 10 am the clouds parted, and the skies cleared, oh yeah there’s the sun. Missed it this last few rainy, cold, fall (gasp! already) days. I am… Continue reading

Are you at that point in your summer when you are trying to fit in all the things you had planned to do? Excursions to parks, museums, a few big cities, or even just a attraction not far from home that you never get to? I feel that way about getting together with friends as… Continue reading

Arriving home after a week away, rather skidding to a quick stop with tons of laundry. I found myself rushing to get the house in order and pull together a quick appetizer for a friends 50th cocktail party. Lucky for me we have a fabulous fish market just around the corner. I was thinking something… Continue reading

Do some food combinations just sound unappealing to you? For instance mac and cheese with ketchup on it? Or salt on watermelon? And let’s not leave out chili with spaghetti? Well I have never felt the urge to eat fish tacos. They just didn’t sound appealing to me. Chicken tacos? Sure! Steak? Absolutely! But fish?… Continue reading

Have you ever attempted to prepare a dish from a cook book that turned out looking nothing like the picture? Most likely because it was styled to look good for the picture. Probably not edible at all. There are people out there that do just that for a living, and they are really good at… Continue reading

In the summer everyone needs a few quick, throw together, get it on the BBQ recipes. This Chipotle Shrimp will not disappoint in that regard. And its a little departure from the Mediterranean thing we always do, change is good. Move out of the box, buy a can of “Chipotle in Adobo”, They are smokey,… Continue reading

To me, clams are quintessentially summer. I probably eat them at least once a week when it’s warm. We picked some up the other day anticipating our dinner outside on the porch. However 64 degrees and rain wasn’t what we had in mind. Also the clams I wanted to make are  more of a warm… Continue reading

I think Mother Nature is mad at us here in Upstate New York. The weather has been incredibly erratic.  Rain, cold temps, rain again, now more cold with gale force wind. Isn’t it supposed to be warm this time of year? Yesterday brought us 59 degrees!! In June?  Really. I needed to make something hot… Continue reading

That image just about sums up what we were doing on the holiday weekend. Hanging out at our cottage on Lake Ontario with great friends. Laughing, catching up, cooking, drinking wine, kids swimming (too cold for me yet) and loving life. Saturday we set up the big picnic table in the shade by the water…. Continue reading

We love to eat in fancy restaurants. White tablecloths, tons of glassware on the table, heavy wine lists, lots of dark wood kind of places. The kids too, could be hereditary? Often we eat a dish so successful that we want to make it at home. It looks and sounds challenging but really it’s not…. Continue reading

It’s funny how some meals come together. You might think I spend alot of time and effort on such things. And yes, at times that might be true. However this fabulous tuna came to fusion due to the giving nature of a recent friend. One of the new gals on my tennis team is Korean…. Continue reading

Put Bacon on it! Shortly after getting married I remember discussions with my Hubby about our soon to be children. We talked at length about those kids we saw in restaurants that only ate chicken nuggets. Our kids would not grow up like that. We envisioned our children eating everything we placed on the table…. Continue reading