I have the best roommate in the world — she’s fun, she loves reality TV, she washes the dishes, and she has no problem being my culinary guinea pig. She also happened to give me a $100 gift certificate to Williams-Sonoma for Christmas, which I immediately used to buy an indoor electric grill. This little…read more »

“Some fellow asked me the other day, ‘Paula, do you make any low calorie dishes?’ I turned to him and said ‘Honey, I’m not your nurse – I’m your cook!’ Then for good measure I probably added some more butter!”  (Paula Deen) I was going to a potluck today and needed to make a something…read more »

Happy St. Patty’s Day, everyone! Hope you’re all having fun getting fantastically sloshed.  I would be out and about with the rest of the city, but my Trusts & Estates professor decided to schedule a make-up class for 9 am tomorrow.  My body no longer bounces back from late nights as quickly as it used…read more »

Mmm, thumbprint cookies.  All the Tuesdays With Dorie people were making these last week (Thumbprints for Us Big Guys), and it reminded me that I have a pretty sweet thumbprint cookie recipe of my own, courtesy of The Boxcar Children: Mystery on the Ice.  These bite-sized treats are always a hit, and I make them…read more »

Dan is a picky eater.  Do you know how hard it is to cook for a picky eater? Really hard!  So when I find something that he likes, I tend to latch onto it and go nuts.  For example, he really likes lemon and blueberry flavored sweets — so far I’ve made him lemon tarts,…read more »

Another day, another Julia Child recipe. I’ve wanted to make this particular cake since I saw it on Julie & Julia.  In the movie, Julie Powell makes it for her husband and it’s so good that he just eats it by the handful, rubbing it all over his face in ecstasy — that’s gotta be…read more »

Happy early Valentine’s Day/Chinese New Year, everyone! In honor of these two special holidays, the boyfriend and I decided to host our first official, true blue, not-just-booze-and-snacks, dinner party. “Firsts” are always an exciting event, and we were eager to start out strong.  Unfortunately, by the time we got around to cooking, we were running…read more »