A lot goes on in my kitchen between the hour of 5:00PM and 6:00PM, and it seems fitting to describe it as ‘the kitchen dance.’ See, I slide the high chair to the center of my kitchen, and B goes in around 5:00. Coincidentally, that is precisely when I pour myself my first (half) glass …

It was a Monday and a good friend needed a dinner. I had chicken parm meatballs on the menu, so it was easy to double up. Yet this particular friend was in need of a dinner accompanied with carbs. She’s just like that. I don’t know, must be the 20 miles she runs per week. …

To be honest, when I read through this recipe I thought – ‘huh, really?’ For some reason in my mind pesto and brussels sprouts just didn’t really, well, go. But what do I know? Sometimes things may go together you wouldn’t normally expect. Like Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon or grown men in skinny jeans. …

Sigh. Another Chicago snowstorm is arriving. Really?! Really? I think we’ve gotten enough. And hey, it’s March, so a random nice day here or there would be oh so lovely. I almost cried when my mom texted me about the impending snow storm. She warns me of the weather that way, which is good as …

Do you ever have a recipe come together and you think ‘huh, I really don’t exactly know how I created that.’ That’s what happened last week with our barbacoa beef. Like with any new recipe, I read it over and over before I made it and I also skimmed over most of the reviews. The …