This recipe for duck with red wine mushroom sauce and lentils is a gourmet meal that is easy to prepare and a definite crowd pleaser! How do you do it? How is it possible to interweave a recipe about duck with the horrors of cancer? I’ve lost loved ones to the disease and nearly everyone has or will at some…
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This might be one of the most honest posts I’ve ever written and also the most difficult. Many people ask me what culinary school was like and I always hesitate because I hate sounding negative. I don’t want to burst any bubbles. Food is IN right now and culinary school sounds mysterious and exciting. I’m living the dream, right? Before…
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Spicy Tahini Kale Chips- These are without a doubt the best kale chips you will ever try. Make them at home and try not to eat them all up at once! Have you tried kale chips yet? Did you think they were “just ok” but didn’t get the hype? That’s probably because you didn’t have these. All too often I…
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This baked eggs and chorizo dish is perfect for breakfast, brunch or even dinner! I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with cast iron. I love all of my enameled Le Creuset pieces but the regular cast iron drives me crazy. It’s an amazing conductor of heat. It makes the best crust you’ll ever have on a steak and…
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These baked jalapeno poppers are perfect for parties, football games or just as an everyday snack! They’re baked, not fried. You guys, I cannot remember the last time I struggled so much to get a photo. Getting this shot was absolute torture. Not because of lighting or settings or misbehaving props. No, what happened here was much more sinister. I…
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