Philadelphia’s City Hall – that’s William Penn on top.   I’ve decided to add a little something different today, and post about a recent adventure James and I went on with my parents. We love to travel, and I think it’s about time I talked about it. Whenever I write about our travels in future, …

I have this relationship with Green Mountain Coffee. No, I don’t specifically mean the company, though I do have one of those too. What I mean is, for years – long before I was a K-Cup Ambassador, or their recipe developer, the coffee made by Green Mountain Coffee Roasters was my favorite in the world. …

I don’t really remember the first time I had a Biscoff biscuit clearly. I know it was on a Delta flight, but where or whence I’d come or gone I’ve long since forgotten. That happens when you spend two years in a long distance relationship plus work travel, I think. The flights start to blur …

Today marks another Secret Recipe Club installment. For November, I have been assigned the lovely Paulchen, a food blog by a blogger named Astrid based in Vienna, Austria. I’ve had the good fortune to visit a few European countries, but Austria is sadly not one of them. It’s definitely on the must-see list though! Astrid …

There are certain tools in my kitchen that I cherish. I use them every day, in multiple ways, and they mean even more to me because they’re heritage pieces. Pieces that I inherited from Nanny or my mom, things that I grew up using. I’ve spoken before about my favorite ice cream scoop, a scoop …

Butter. I love butter. I’ve made my own, I’ve bought every kind known to man in at least two different countries, and for my money, I always go back to Kerrygold. No one’s asked me to say that, and it’s not going to help my case for this recipe contest I’m attempting to win – …

Last weekend, I met up with my pals and fellow New Jersey based food bloggers, Nancy and Stephanie. Farmer’s Market strolling and lunch on the agenda, we met at the Morristown Farmer’s Market. I’d never hit that one up before, and I’m sure glad we did. While I love our Scotch Plains Market, the Morristown …

You might be asking yourself just what in the Sam Hell a gooseberry is. I first had these tart little beauties at a tiny English Tea room in San Antonio, which is probably the oddest place in the world to have them. They really only grow in cold climates like England and the Northeastern Seaboard …

Today is my niece’s fourth birthday. Little Ava was a happy surprise to all of us, arriving just 17 months after her brother, David. What can I say about this little girl? From the start, she’s been my little doppelganger. My sister and brother-in-law made my heart swell by naming her after me – we …

I’ve been baking a lot of cookies lately. Don’t really know why. I’m that kind of baker.. I get into a mood, and I’ll continue baking in a certain ‘genre’ until I’m bored with it. Don’t get me started on the “Summer of Scones” last year. I may have been classified as ‘obsessed’ by my …