Dining Well

We have 18 people coming for Thanksgiving, and I'm thrilled! I love the kind of Thanksgiving where you have to move furniture and bor...

The whoopie pie - a regional treat beloved of northern New Englanders and the Amish. It's two pieces of soft chocolate cake with mars...

I am not one of those people who says, "You find the best recipes in church cookbooks!". But this is a good one: I don't kno...

I love Pinterest - it's a great source of ideas. I don't want it to simply be aspirational, so I try to actually complete projects...

Serve salad caprese on toothpicks for a fun, light appetizer. I liked these a lot, but would serve them with extra dressing  next time. Ca...

I love smoked salmon for an appetizer, but I decided to try salmon spread for a change. This is Ina Garten's recipe , and it's grea...

Here are links to all the recipes I used for the Academy Awards-themed preschool teacher appreciation menu. It was a lot of fun! Chicken ...