We love food
There is something about a lobster roll that feels like summer, even in the dead of a New England January. It is one of those dishes that has a way of transporting you — to a picnic table by the water, to a paper plate balanced on someone’s lap, to the particular kind of happiness […]
👇Please feel free to save, print and share the FREE recipe cards below! 👇 Jump to Recipe → My dad has a particular sense of humor. A few days ago, he told me he was going to send me a recipe for the website called “Moose Melts.” I got excited – my dad doesn’t usually […]
👇Please feel free to save, print and share the FREE recipe cards below! 👇 Jump to Recipe → There are some dishes that become more than just food—they’re comfort, memory, and community all simmered together in a single pot. For me, baked beans hold that place. Growing up in New England, they were always in […]
Jump to Recipe → Sometimes the best recipes come to us through friends who’ve traveled far and wide, bringing back not just memories but the flavors that made those memories worth keeping. That’s how coq au vin entered my life—through my friends Peggy and Frank, who have spent quite a bit of time in France […]
Jump to Recipe → The first time I made brown butter was for Brown Butter and Fig Whoopie Pies. I stood at the stove, watching butter melt in a light-colored saucepan, swirling it occasionally as the recipe instructed. The butter foamed, then the foam subsided, and gradually those milk solids at the bottom began turning golden. […]
Jump to Recipe → I love to experiment with different ingredients. I started thinking about beer as a cooking ingredient years ago when I saw Rachael Ray make pasta dough with red wine. She cracked eggs into semolina flour, poured in deep burgundy wine, and mixed it all together until it became this gorgeous, dusky-rose […]
Jump to Recipe → The Story Behind the Cake I remember working in the kitchen at home one day when I was younger and still lived with my mom, watching Giada de Laurentiis add olive oil to a muffin or cupcake recipe. I was astounded in the best way—it opened up a whole new world […]
Jump to Recipe → There’s a jar of marinara in my refrigerator right now. Sometimes it’s one of the trusted family brands I grew up with—the ones my mother used, the ones I still reach for when I need something reliable and delicious. That jar represents something important: possibility. Because here’s what I’ve learned about […]
Traditional Maine whoopie pies meet brown butter sophistication in this recipe that honors classic technique while introducing warm spices and the unexpected depth of maple liqueur-soaked figs. This is the whoopie pie that taught me how far you can push tradition without breaking it—and why brown butter deserves a place in your baking repertoire. If […]
Jump to Recipe → Making Fresh Pasta Without the Fuss My mom and I were huge pasta fans. Although we never made fresh pasta together, we loved making pasta at home and especially trying out new pastas at restaurants. I am a huge fan of everything Italian – from Italian charcuterie to pasta to desserts. […]
