Happy Thanksgiving! As the holidays are full steam ahead, we are seeking inventive ways to use our left overs or come up with new ways to feed our guests. Often times, it’s not just dinner, but breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks with a house full of guest that are staying with you. Cranberry Jelly and…
Have you been to your local donuts shop lately. They seem to come up with these themed donuts for every holiday. Dunkin Donuts rolled out their lineup for Halloween, which is a spider donut. These are some creepy looking donuts with bright orange bulging eyes popping out from the spider. I came up with a…
Is a Whoopie Pie a cake, cookie or pie? It’s made with two round mound-shaped pieces of cake, but filled in between with cream like a cookie sandwich or a pie filling. So, I guess it can fall under which ever category you want, but whatever you want to call it, it’s indulgently delicious when…
Couscous is a staple food throughout North Africa or the Maghreb, which is historically known as the Barbary Coast or Barbary States, the region including the Atlas Mountains and the coastal plains of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya, Mauritania and Libya and to a lesser extent in Sicily. This Maghrebi dish of small steamed balls…
Back in 2014 we got a glimpse of Mexican culture and Dia De Los Muertos in a film, “The Book of Life”. With “The Book of Life 2” scheduled to release next year and another seemingly cute look at the ethos of Dia De Los Muertos with the upcoming Fall release of “Coco”, I thought…
October is a strange time of the year. You have a little spook in the air as the winds blow in phantasm pushing out warm air and beckoning the chills. It’s also a time for Indian summers when the hopes of cooler atmosphere are dampened by a few more heated days. At times like this,…
Fall is knocking on our doors. It’s the Fall Equinox, when the earth will experience equal hours of day and night. This first day of Autumn promises us cooler temperatures, perhaps rain, and shorter days. This rhythm of Mother Nature calls on us to embrace the coming darkness and introspect within ourselves to nourish our…
Fall is around the time when I start doing more baking. And as the first day of Autumn – The Fall Equinox – arrives this Friday, I look forward to a weekend of festivities. Some baked goods are perfect to nourish every person’s senses. I’m baking some traditional Banana Bread that can be easily passed…