From the monthly archives:

February 2010

Greek Chicken Pitas with Tzatziki Sauce Recipe

February 26, 2010 3 comments

Serves 6 Ingredients 3 tablespoons olive oil 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon onion powder 1 teaspoon dried basil 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1 teaspoon dried parsley 1/4 teaspoon paprika 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 3 tablespoons butter 2 pounds chicken breast sliced into 1-inch pieces Tzatziki [...]

Do You Know What NBA Basketball Players Want? I do. Home-Cooked Food.

February 23, 2010 3 comments

This weekend, I journeyed from balmy Palm Beach, FL to icy Atlantic City NJ for a girls’ weekend and had the unexpected pleasure of sitting next to NBA Basketball Player, Mark Blount.   [Secret:  I had no idea who he was.]    I only knew this was the tallest man I had ever laid eyes [...]

Sugar’s Amazing Stuffed Shrimp Recipe

February 18, 2010 4 comments

Serves 8 people 1 pound fresh lump crabmeat, picked over for shells and cartilage 1 teaspoons Old Bay seasoning 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus 4 tablespoons melted unsalted butter 2 tablespoons olive oil 3 slices of bacon chopped 1 small minced yellow onion 1 stalk minced celery 1/2 green bell pepper minced 1/2 red bell [...]

Be a Creative Cook, not a Recipe Robot

February 16, 2010 2 comments

Any Robot Can Follow a Recipe Robots on an assembly line today make most of the processed foods on the market. Think about it:  ingredients are sifted, measured and sorted out, added at different stages, cooked and then packaged, only to be boxed by humans on the other end. Then, off to the supermarkets they [...]

Julie & Julia Movie Review – I’m Not Crazy!

February 14, 2010 2 comments

My daughter rented the movie “Julie & Julia” last night.   Being a busy mom, I don’t go to the movies that often and I had no idea that the movie was about other people who are insanely passionate about food.  So, I didn’t see it in theatres or rent it.  And I had no [...]