Capellini Green Beans and Sweet Tomato Sauce

Capellini Green Beans and Sweet Tomato Sauce

I’m pasta crazy. I always have been and I always will be. It’s one of my favorite things to eat in the world. I first had something similar to this dish at a friend’s house with bread instead of pasta and so much oil I 

Little Brother’s Big 25 and Recipe for Pork Chop “Saltimbocca”

Little Brother’s Big 25 and Recipe for Pork Chop “Saltimbocca”

As time goes by, it seems that things change and we get lost in the adult whirl wind of life. Though I don’t believe I’m truly an adult at heart, the time has come to come to grip with the fact that I’m not a 

What We Ate on Thanksgiving

What We Ate on Thanksgiving

Here we are, giving thanks for this extreme bounty of food and great times. I’m so lucky to have so much love in my heart. This is the menu I prepared for Thanksgiving day. I hope you enjoy the photos and had a magnificent feast 

Happy Thankgiving. Giving Thanks!

Happy Thankgiving. Giving Thanks!

On the eve of Thanksgiving I would just like to share my extreme love and gratitude with you all. This last 30 days of my life has been brilliantly trans-formative in so many ways, and even in the last year of my life, I couldn’t 

Cyrus’s 2nd Birthday… The Candyshop and Red Velvet Cupcakes

Cyrus’s 2nd Birthday… The Candyshop and Red Velvet Cupcakes

Today is one of my favorite little boys very special day. I remember the day my friend Katie called me to tell me she was expecting and thereafter, all the midnight to 2 a.m. phone calls and text messages with horrible stories of pregnancy woes, 

Spinach and Cabbage Minestrone

Spinach and Cabbage Minestrone

What is Minestrone?  It’s said to be a soup comprised of the things you have on hand; maybe vegetables, meat, broth, beans or pasta. In Italian, minestrone, roughly translated, means the big soup. The kind of minestrone I like, is simmered for long periods of 

Saffron Rice, Corn and Goat cheese Stuffed Peppers

Saffron Rice, Corn and Goat cheese Stuffed Peppers

Sometimes great ideas just come to us. There we are, faced with a fridge full, or maybe not so full, of food and we decide there’s something that has to be done about it. Like the culinary super minds we all can be, sometimes things 

Lake Tahoe Catering Part II

Lake Tahoe Catering Part II

If you missed Catering in Lake Tahoe Part I please review here. Thank you! After we got everything out of the Jeep, we finally got a little sleep in time to wake up and make it to the property for the walk through. During a 

Happy 31st Anniversary Mom and Dad!

Happy 31st Anniversary Mom and Dad!

This is a simple showing of beautiful, undying love. The fact that life changes and you have to change with it, if those changes can sustain a relationship, that’s when you know you have true love. My parents have been married 31 years today. They 

Catering in Lake Tahoe Part I

Catering in Lake Tahoe Part I

About eight hours away from where I live in the San Fernando Valley, lays the beautiful serene nature of a large hidden lake. Somewhere atop misty mountains and a forest of pine is the quaint lake side country backwoods of Lake Tahoe. North Lake Tahoe