Powernap: Quick Recipes For When Time is Limited!

Spring cleaning began late this year. The warm weather arrived in the northeast later than planned, leaving me with less time to get through my spring chore list. You see, spring is a critical season for me, without it I would never be prepared for the arrival of summer. When the thermometer finally creeps north […]

Summer is right around the corner and I can hardly contain myself. Over the next few months farm fields in the northeast will yield copious amounts of produce just begging to be made into fresh, delicious meals. I can’t wait to rip open my summer recipe file and start making my favorite warm weather foods […]

I don’t know what is worse, caring for a sick child when you are healthy, or being sick and trying to entertain a healthy child. Based on a recent personal experience, I would argue that the latter is far more difficult. As parents we are all aware that winter is known as “cold season” because germs run riot through every indoor play-space, library and public arena in the greater New York area.

Sometimes, on the weekends, I put my husband in charge of cooking. I am lucky, he is a very capable cook, having grown up in a household where both parents regularly turn out delicious meals that would make any chef green with envy. Since I’ve known him he has made some fantastic dishes including homemade […]

The worst part for me about vacation is that the minute I get home all I want to do is go back. Since returning from Florida last week I have been overwhelmed with self-pity, daydreaming about palm trees, sea breezes and eighty-degree temperatures. Needless to say, all of these thoughts have gotten me nowhere. I […]

If you visit my neighborhood, on any given day, I am easy to pick out of the crowd. I am the one wearing aviator sunglasses and pushing the stroller with a baguette sticking out of the diaper bag, which hangs on the back. Sometimes, much to the envy of other children cruising by in strollers, […]

I wish I was napping in Spain right now. Don’t you? I would be taking a nice long siesta mid-day in a little inn somewhere between Salamanca and Segovia. Which is, incidentally, where this recipe originated. I found this recipe while reading the book “Spain, A Culinary Road Trip” which is written to accompany my […]