Yesterday, Jay and I celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary. I wanted something special for dinner, something that was a bit of a splurge and something that would go with a beautiful bottle of d’Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz that we had received as a gift. Our usual luxury at home dinner is king > read more

We’re still enjoying our batch of Hatch green chiles, which don’t seem as hot this year as they usually are.  Maybe it was the unusually dry season last year.  But while I was trying to research why they were so mild, I found some interesting facts about chiles:

One fresh medium-sized green chile pod > read more

You already know that I think my Le Creuset cookware is one of the best things that modern science ever invented.  It’s indestructible, easy to clean, looks pretty and, best of all, makes even my amateur cooking taste good.
Even here in Phoenix, we get cold days (of course, cold for us is when the temperature > read more