I'm on a mama's weekend right now, and while mum's the word (get it?) on what happened to the lamp, and our no-facebook pact i...

I live in a house of spice wimps. Every now and then I need some heat, something other than a one star rating. I need my tongue to tingle ...

That was a little longer break on the blog than I'd expected. I had a lot of expectations of things being done in the last month, but th...

I love chocolate as much as the next gal, probably more, but holidays like V-day really bring on the sugar to the point it gets a little g...

This year I have two Valentine's Day recipes for you. After all, it is the holiday that espouses two is better than one. The first...

For Valentine's week, how about give some love for hope? The Hope Project, that is, and a little love to this local non-profit goes a ...

I can't tell you how ready I am for today. I'm celebrating two major events: The Seahawks in the Super bowl and the end of 10 year...

We're going nuts here in Seattle. Everyone has Seahawks fever. 70% of the city is convinced that for luck they must wear Seahawks jers...

Here is what we sent out to our customers this week. I wanted to post it here on the blog in case people didn't see it . We are gett...

I love grilled eggplant and always make extra to have on hand for snacking. It helps me not reach for cake or hunks of cheese. These mini ...

I'm not a fan of resolutions because they create a paper trail of one's inevitable failures from setting expectations too high. T...

Christmas dinner is a time to bring in the big guns, and by big guns I mean prime rib, because Christmas should be about peace and not act...

...and then into your mouth, people! Are you ready for Christmas? Do you feel like it came really really fast this year? It did! Thanksgivin...

If you haven't read Welcome to the Cookout , you should. It's a great site all about outdoor cooking full of information from novi...

I met some awesome food bloggers in September at IFBC , one of whom was Alice Bush who was a table mate at a dinner at Re:Public. We we wi...

I don't know about you, but I always feel pressure to be the good little cook and make stock and soup after Thanksgiving. But turkey s...

Here are posts I've done on turkey over the years and other great post by friends of mine. These are in addition to posts from this mo...

There is a reason why you haven't heard the story of the first Pilgrim who carved the first Thanksgiving turkey. He completely botched...

Thanksgiving is just around the corner and what better time than to practice cooking a turkey...and to clean out the fridge. It is time, s...

I love talking turkey, as you may know, so I was thrilled to be asked to post an in-depth article about turkey preparation for Char-broil....