If I had to name my favorite foods, pasta and cheese would certainly be toward the top. So cheesy lasagna? Oh yea, baby. I'm also a fa...

A few weeks ago, I saw an episode of Barefoot Contessa where Ina made a bread pudding using Italian Panettone. Panettone is an Italian swe...

Since my mom was busy preparing food all last week to feed our family on Christmas Eve/Day, I offered to make something on Thursday night s...

I love coffee, and I love chocolate. So this recipe for a chocolate-coffee cake by the Barefoot Contessa (...love her too!) sounded right u...

This recipe is one of my favorite vegetable recipes. It's simple and so easy. I've made it many times, and people who say they do n...

Thanksgiving at Grandma and Grandpa Otte's house was wonderful. My grandma made a big Thanksgiving meal for us that was delicious - inc...

I had been wanting to prepare Cornish Hens for quite some time. It seemed like a baby-step toward preparing a whole chicken or turkey (whi...