table for two

My husband George loves fine dining, often doing hours of research to determine where we should eat when we travel to a new place. I should also mention, however, that ...

We are in the heart of summer, folks! For my family in Carmel Valley, California, that means long ...

In North Carolina, where I grew up, you can mark the changing of the seasons by the changing ...

My memories of summer growing up in the South are dotted with visions of my mother, covered in ...

I’ve started visiting my favorite local farmer’s market again, meaning pounds and pounds of fresh, beautiful summer produce ...

Burgers are my husband George’s spirit food. If he could, he’d eat a thick, juicy cheeseburger every single ...

Taco night is one of the easiest, quickest, and simplest dinner ideas out there. Pull some meat off ...

I absolutely love coconut curry. Those flavors have already inspired a soup and grilled steak bowls for this ...

Peering into my refrigerator—which seems to have become my favorite pastime over the past month—I am faced with ...

My husband George and I are finding ourselves in the kitchen together more than ever. We are sharing ...

It is, for lack of a better word, unbelievable how much the world has changed (or at least, ...

Recently, a new acquaintance came to me with a familiar lament: “I’m stuck in a cooking rut! I ...

Glancing out of my kitchen window as I rinsed the breakfast dishes this morning, I watched as a ...

It’s late February, a universally gloomy and glum time of year no matter where in the United States ...

Oh, Valentine’s Day. Love it or hate it, it’s just around the corner, and whether that special someone ...

As I mentioned in my last column, my husband George and I challenged ourselves to a Whole30 this ...

My husband George and I are exactly eight days into a “new year, new you”-inspired health kick. We ...

We’re in the final stretch. In the past 30 days, you survived Thanksgiving with your in-laws and Christmas ...

The holiday season is indeed the most wonderful time of the year, but it’s also the most exhausting. ...

Chicken noodle soup has been cast as the ultimate healing food in America for many decades. Recovering from ...

Being from the South, I was raised under the strict belief that “you never show up empty-handed.” Whether ...

I have a major weak spot for Mexican food. I’ll shove pretty much anything into a tortilla and ...

“I have kale, a few different kinds of squash from Dad’s garden, and some random weird cheeses. What ...

Everywhere I look, it’s “back to school” this, “back to school” that. Between the grocery store, the doctor’s ...

Even at the youthful ages of 18 and 21, when my now-husband George and I first started dating, ...

When my husband George and I lived in Coronado, California, while he was serving as a Navy SEAL, ...

Every home cook has an arsenal of favorite recipes that they return to over and over again. Growing ...