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The 6th Annual Taste Awards were announced and I am a winner!

I was recently notified that I am one of the Pioneer Award Winners in this year’s Taste Awards. The Taste Awards represent the Lifestyle Entertainment Industry and celebrate the year’s best achievements in Food, Fashion, Home and Lifestyle programs on Television, in Film, Online, and on Radio. The awards were given at…

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Easy Fresh Cranberry Sauce

1/2 cup water 1/2 cup fresh orange, tangerine, or clementine juice 3/4 to 1 cup sugar or to taste 12-ounce bag fresh or frozen cranberries (3 cups) 1 teaspoon freshly grated orange rind Bring water, orange juice, and sugar to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Add cranberries and…

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2015 Women in Culinary Leadership Grant application deadline extended.

The James Beard Foundation has just extended the application deadline for its 2015 Women in Culinary Leadership Grant to January 16, 2015. Women with at least two years of professional hospitality or culinary experience have the opportunity to apply for a chance to participate in a six or twelve-month accelerated, learning-by-doing mentorship…

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Here's the link to my recipes from the Today Show!

The morning after Thanksgiving I was on The Today Show transforming the traditional holiday leftovers into a Southwestern Shepherd’s Pie and an Italian Turkey Soup with Stuffing Dumplings. Co-hosts Natalie Morales and Willie Geist stopped by to taste. Here’s the link to my video and recipes on the Today Show web…

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Here’s the link to my recipes from the Today Show!

The morning after Thanksgiving I was on The Today Show transforming the traditional holiday leftovers into a Southwestern Shepherd’s Pie and an Italian Turkey Soup with Stuffing Dumplings. Co-hosts Natalie Morales and Willie Geist stopped by to taste. Here’s the link to my video and recipes on the Today Show web…

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Baking help just in time for the holidays.

What to Bake and How to Bake It by British food writer, stylist, editor, and teacher, Jane Hornby, offers a collection of 50 new and old classics from the oven. As in Hornby’s other cookbooks, What to Cook and How to Cook It and Fresh and Easy: What to Cook…

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Desserts: Here's One of my Favorite Desserts

I received an e-mail from Frances asking, “What is your all-time favorite dessert? How do you make it?”  Well, I don’t really have a favorite dessert, but I am rather fond of the Butterscotch Pudding Cake served with coffee ice cream found on page 341 of Sara Moulton’s Family Dinners.…

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Desserts: Here’s One of my Favorite Desserts

I received an e-mail from Frances asking, “What is your all-time favorite dessert? How do you make it?”  Well, I don’t really have a favorite dessert, but I am rather fond of the Butterscotch Pudding Cake served with coffee ice cream found on page 341 of Sara Moulton’s Family Dinners.…

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Check out my Radio Cherry Bombe interview on Yahoo! Food.

An article by Rachel Tepper on Yahoo! Food covered my interview with Julia Turshen on the Heritage Radio Network’s Radio Cherry Bombe in which we chatted about deciding to go to culinary school, Julia Child, and the importance of humility. You’ll find it at Cherry Bombe. It was accompanied by this…

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Meet me at the Denver International Wine Festival, November 19th to 21st.

Named one of America’s Top 10 Fall Wine Festivals by Fodor’s, the 10th Annual Denver International Wine Festival will be in full swing from November 19th to 21st at the Omni Interlocken Resort in Broomfield, Colorado. I will be the honorary host of Pairsine, The Taste of Elegance Chefs Food…

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