I had every intention of serving these awesome braised short ribs over some penne or fusili to soak up all that gorgeous gravy. But it's either early onset senility or the cold that's coming on gangbusters. Whatever the reason, the sweet potatoes were cooking before I realized that I had wanted to d...

Theresa of Food Hunter's Guide to Cuisine was a most gracious Presto Pasta Night host. The roundup is fantastic - so thanks to all who contributed. As usual, I have the dilemma of which gorgeous dish to try first. It will be a challenge since they all look awesome. Check it out . It's my turn next w...

Thanks Wiffy, Noob Cook and PPN host extraordinaire! Your presentation of this week's Presto Pasta Night roundup is beautiful. I love it! Thanks so much for a job well done. And congratulations! This is the earliest roundup ever. Thanks everyone for all your tasty pasta dishes. The hard part is choo...

Before returning to The South Beach Diet Supercharged (with all that pasta last week, I'll be on Phase One forever), I rarely ate breakfast....just some coffee and good to go. No wonder I had headaches, no wonder that spare tire around my waist. You'll have to read the book for the scientific explan...

I know it's hard to believe, but I actually can cook a meal that does not have pasta as the star. Last night my Honey asked if we could...just for a little while...NOT have pasta. We happened to be near Pete's Frootique which I'm talked about before. I also knew that their meat, fish, produce...well...

All I can say is.... WOW!!! What an awesome week. And first I must apologize for using words like awesome, delicious, gorgeous, glorious, spectacular over and over...even the thesaurus couldn't help me. Same goes for "shares", "brings", "makes"...but I hope you overlook my vocabulary weaknesses and ...

He's a Prodigy, what can I say...only two years old (and way too busy to sit still for a bio photo)and already very comfortable around the kitchen. I shouldn't be surprised, since he's been busy, giving his stamp of approval on the utensils ever since he was 9 months old. I've previously shared his ...

Seriously, today has been one of those days. It started off with me writing three quarters of my article for Foodtv (it should be up later this week) when I, inadvertently, hit the wrong part of my mouse and lost the document...naturally before I had the opportunity to save it. As if that wasn't eno...

I just got a fantastic book and immediately thought I had to share this one with all those Weekend Herb Blogging fans out there. It's been a while since I've actually sent in an entry and a lot has changed....Kalyn of Kalyn's Kitchen and founder of this extraordinary weekly event, handed over the re...

The Happiest of New Years to everyone! I've been suffering from withdrawal without new Presto Pasta Night Roundups for the last couple of weeks. Good thing I could go through previous roundups to try out some that I missed during the year. The holidays are over, and all our resolutions made (or not)...