The first turkey I made when I was 24 years old, living with a boyfriend, and clueless on how to cook something like that. Someone recommended using an oven bag, which worked so well that although I didn’t cook another turkey for 16 years, I recommended it myself many times with glowing reviews. Oven bags [...]

I know I was supposed to write about the amazing food we ate in Japan, but first I have to write about some of the crazy things you don’t hear about. Like the Japanese toilets. I am CONVINCED that if people knew how great the Japanese toilet seats were, the Japanese wouldn’t be able to [...]

Yet another charming Southern aphorism ;-) Last night, Will and I went to a steakhouse here in town to help a friend celebrate his birthday, along with 20 other people. This particular steakhouse is celebrating it’s 30 years in existence and is offering a Monday night special of it’s house pork chop, along with salad [...]

A friend of mine gives great “normal” dinner parties but every once in a while he does something completely different. The first time 3 years ago it was a group cooking event, using one cookbook. The cookbook was one from one of those cute young chefs on the Food Network, and my friend picked one [...]

OK, maybe a slight exaggeration, since there’s such a thing as gluten-free beer (and it doesn’t suck, actually) but when Will found out he basically has celiac disease and can’t have wheat ever again without seriously messing up his gut, all I could think about was how I was, am I going to have to [...]