CUORE FELICE

For years, it was Ina Garten on “Barefoot Contessa” - my favorite time of day, an escape to the Hamptons for recipe testing and walking...

Thanksgiving Day always meant getting up early and helping Dad with the Turkey and Stuffing. I suppose we wouldn’t have had to start so...

As the story goes, the year that I was in Switzerland was the year that the new minister at my church was moving to Nashville. He, his...

One night in Winter Park, FL, when all were tired of Christmas leftovers, Vanessa and Stephie asked their mom to make her eggplant. They...

While visiting Nana and Sunny, we came across this Cook’s Illustrated version of Chicken Parmesan and were inspired. I had just watched a...

Pretty rare to have any meal at Riverpoint Farm without this salad. While my grandmother Margaret and her sister Kitty might have handed...

A favorite restaurant in Chicago was Bandera, perhaps because Hillstone owns it - the same people that bought and own Houston’s. But they...

This dressing came from a mother of one of my students in Switzerland. My Outward Bound group had chosen the team name, “Raindrops.” Our...

I have some go-to dressings for different types of cuisine. This first dressing is all purpose and was invented in Chicago while trying...

Like the quiche at La Madeleine, I set out to make their soup which they now jar and sell. I was even inspired by their low calorie...