I am sitting on my couch watching the Inauguration and feeling especially patriotic today. I love living in DC

While I was in LA for the Pom Wonderful trip, we had a beautiful pomegranate themed dinner at Tavern. In parti

If you are reading this in a reader, you might want to come over and take a look around at the new Baked Bree!

It has been a good start to a new year. A few weeks before Christmas, my friend asked me if I would do the Nik

I am sitting on the couch waiting for Downton Abbey to start. It has been so long since Season 2 ended that I

Well, the holidays are over. The kids went back to school and I am a little sad about it. As much as I love th

Yesterday was a big day for me. I had LASIK. I have wanted it for ages, but it scared me to death. To the poin

I am often stumped when it comes to appetizers. I spend so much time working on my main dish, (okay, maybe I p

This cake is part delicious dessert and part science experiment. I was watching the Food Network one morning a

Do you ever have a night when the kids get home from soccer practice late, the living room is a mess, laundry

Here we are, week 12. Which means that Christmas is just around the corner. Are you ready? Me, not quite yet,

I do a lot of grocery shopping. More than the average person I would guess. I really like to go late at night.

So maybe this cookie recipe is almost a week late. Maybe I have not gotten my Christmas tree yet. Maybe my kid

During the holiday season I consume more than my fair share of cookies, cakes, and treats. Even when I am on a

This is the last of my recipes for Spice Up the Holidays! I had so much fun working on this project. I sort of

Last night, I had my Spice Up Your Holidays get together. This time of year is really crazy, and I have been t

I know that technically this is not a cookie. I hope that you will forgive me. But it can be a holiday dessert

It is already Week 2 of Captain Morgan's Spice Up Your Holidays Challenge. Yup, I said Week 2. Already. My sis

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I have a confession to make. I do not have a set of pots and pans. I have a handful of random saucepans and sa

It is T-minus 5 days until Thanksgiving. I still have not finished planning my menu, but really, it doesn't ch

I just got back from a great trip to Santa Monica and parts of the Central Valley with Pom Wonderful. I had a

I was given a review copy of Rachael Ray's new book My Year in Meals. It is an inside look at what Rachael and

I am up late getting ready to leave for California in the morning. I am still so amazed at how many amazing op

How are we at week 7 already? No, seriously. How did that happen? All of the sudden I am thinking about Thanks

We were housebound last weekend. It was for an unfortunate reason, we were riding out some weather, but the up

I am writing this while watching Friday Night Lights on my ipad and waiting for Hurricane Sandy to hit. Hopefu

I am so excited to be hosting Thanksgiving this year at my house. For the first time in many, many, years my f

I recently got back from a few whirlwind days at Disneyland attending the first ever Dole Banana Summit. To sa

I spend a lot of time in my kitchen. To keep myself occupied, I listen to podcasts. I have become obsessed wit

I get a lot of emails from people asking me about recipes. The other day I got an email asking me if I had a g

I am obsessed with Cafe Rio. My kids are so tired of it, and I could eat it every single day. If you have neve

We went to Annapolis today and had such a great day. We went to see our good friend pin on Commander and we ar

I love Rice Krispie Treats. Love. Them. I was flipping through one of my newest cookbooks, Flour: Spectacular

It is finally looking like fall here in DC. I felt like it took a really long time for the leaves to turn colo

Snickerdoodles are my favorite cookie. Will's too. I was given a review copy of Piece of Cake (which is a grea