Tales from a Kitchen Counter

For some reason this was the recipe that made me fall in love with cooking. I think it's also the meal that made my husband fall in love...

Every cook needs a basic go to tomato based sauce.  This one is simple and is the foundation work for many great meals.  Jazz it up with ext...

At the holidays, someone gave me a cookbook from the amazing people at Philadelphia cream cheese! Could anything be better than an entire co...

"No matter how experienced a cook you are, you eventually come to believe that simple is best." I have no clue who said that, but ...

When the weather gets cold, you  need to warm the house up by baking cookies.  These are a smash hit. 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup wh...

This isn't your typical Italian-American restaurant Marsala, where the meat cutlet is pounded flat and fried first and there's so mu...

Easy, peasy.  Seriously, it was so easy I was a little embarrassed. I made a cheese filling, but you could use ground beef or sausage, just ...