I have told you before about my 130+ cookbooks, haven’t I?! There are quite a few Italian cookbooks,  a few Mediterranean ones (my favorite food), Mexican, American, French cooking…. baking cookbooks… but not even one about Asian food. Well, Jaden from Steamy kitchen has changed that with her new cookbook.
I love Asian food but I [...]

What I love about meatloaf are two things: 1) it’s a great way to stretch 1-2 pounds of meat into a dish enough for 6-8 people (like they did in the old days), and 2) it’s a simple dish to make and very comforting to eat.
This recipe for French meatloaf in Gourmet magazine (April 2009  issue) [...]

But first, the winner of the Secret Stash Sea Salts giveaway is…. Deb! who wrote the largest number of comments.

Many titles to this post have crossed my mind tonight, like…
I’ve never seen such a thing before
Tonight was a hit
Eating silently
Empty plates
Totally unplanned
Kids ate all
and, Sweet and smoky, among many many others… it’s because I am so excited.

I love it when things works like this; A sunny day, I pick up the kids from school, we go to the park (preferably by a lake), come back home around 5:30, I give the baby some food, put her to sleep, and then start working on dinner.
Today was a day like that. My kind of [...]