LAY OFF ME I’M STARVING…. “Diet Starts Monday”.     I find myself quoting Chris Farley with SNL “Gap Girls” almost every Friday of every single weekend, since I can remember. And you know what happens on Monday? All I think about is the “diet” that I told myself I would begin while drinking some […]

I grew up on the east coast, and like most of us Jersey folks half of our life time was spent at a diner off 17. Weekday munchies, weekend after hours hangout, Saturday hangover lunch, Sunday brunch then repeat all over again. However instead of ordering the usual Taylor ham-egg-cheese or disco fries I would […]

There is something about a home baked carbohydrate that fills any little hole in my heart with great momentary warmth and makes me feel completely at ease. This is one of the reasons why I love to bake. And cook. But mostly bake. I love every method to the madness it entails and the mess that it […]

Until recently fresh figs to me were the forbidden fruit. I could go to a restaurant and see them on the menu and instantly want all of it. And i always wanted more. But for some reason I never thought that I could actually purchase the fruit myself and use it for my own personal […]