Quick and delicious weeknight meals
The day after Christmas is my father-in-law’s birthday. Tim’s immediately family came up to the Berkshires on the 26th to celebrate. We had the delicious and festive menu below. The pork I have made before and it was even better than I remember! The bacon …
I wish I had a photo of this cake but it was too hectic getting the meal on the table and entertaining guests. But trust me, it was amazing looking and tasting! I turned to my favorite source of the cake recipes — the Cake …
Yesterday was Tim’s birthday! To celebrate, I made a cake that I brought into the office. This was no ordinary cake — it was Holy Cow Cake (as coined by the Cake Mix Doctor). This is not the cake to bake if you are looking …
In honor of Halloween and as a pre-NYC marathon dessert for my sister-in-law Julina, I decided to bake some cupcakes. I turned to the Cake Mix Doctor for a delicious and easy recipe. This recipe “doctors” a devil’s food cake mix by adding a little …
Tim and I came home from our absolutely delicious Valentine’s Day dinner at the Old Inn on the Green in New Marlborough, MA, to find that our pooch Angus devoured the entire batch of brownies that I made this morning. Tim ate a brownie in …
Hard to believe this is the 10th Valentine’s Day Tim and I have spent together! Tim wowed me on our first Valentine’s Day together with a romantic meal at Chez Es Saada in the East Village (now closed) and a beautiful pair of silver earrings …
While most people associate foods like chips & dip, wings, and chili with Super Bowl celebrations, Super Bowl Sunday in the Jewell house meant my father’s Super Bowl cake. Given the sense of anticipation my father created around this cake (or anything he made for …