14 Holiday Appetizers and Side Dishes: Recipe Round Up

Need just one more dish to deck out your holiday table? From perfect shrimp cocktail to ultimate mac n' cheese (or if you just need to bust out some simple white rice or basic...

18 Fabulous Holiday Entrees: A Carnivore’s Recipe Round Up

Need a little inspiration for the holidays and New Year's Eve this year? Here are some of our favorite, tried-and-true entrees. 1. Restaurant-Style Prime Rib 2. Garlic-Studded Sirloin Roast with Chili Pepper Crust 3. Steakhouse-Style Pan-Roasted Sirloin...

Holiday Cornish Game Hens

You guys! Want to do a scaled down holiday celebration this year? Or just change up the regular Thanksgiving menu for something a little snazzier? Try serving roasted cornish game hens. They have all the fancy of a holiday feast—without...

Halloween 2015 in Salem MA

Spooky greetings from beautiful Salem, Massachusetts, a.k.a. Witch City, or the Halloween Capital of the World. We made it through yet another season, and wanted to share some of our favorite memories with you! We started out...

Black and Orange Halloween Whoopie Pies

You guys. Two things. First, Happy October! These black and orange whoopie pies are great. They're a spooktacular take on my classic whoopie pie recipe (which actually comes from my dear friend Joyce. Thank you!!!). They're a festive...

Chocolate Pumpkin Toffee Blondies with Walnuts

Fasten your seat belts, pumpkin season has arrived here in Salem, Massachusetts. With the Autumn Equinox in a day or so, and October 1st creeping up next week, I'm super excited to kick off Halloween properly...

Easter Recipe Roundup

Happy Spring! The snow's finally starting to melt here in Salem. (Thank goodness, right? I think our snow piles were 15 feet high during the height of the blizzards.) So, with Easter right around the corner, I'm...

Roasted Parmesan Cauliflower

Easy, cheesy recipe for roasted cauliflower dusted with nutty Parmesan cheese and drizzled with fragrant olive oil. Try my step-by-step photo recipe today!

Old Fashioned Gingerbread Cookies (Fox Shaped!)

Get my super simple recipe for traditional gingerbread cookies. Easy to make, easy to bake!

Pecan Pie Bars

You gotta love a recipe that has 2+ pounds of butter. Talk about holiday decadence. So, I was looking for a pecan bar recipe that didn't include high-fructose corn syrup, which is actually harder to...