Food. Family. Fun.
Hi, that’s me, Denise, in the picture. I’m with my mother, Julia, and yes that makes me Julia’s Child. I've spent many days watching and learning from Julia about everything food.
When I was a child I did NOT like pork chops. I was out of luck because my mother (Julia B as in Beatrice) loved them. At our dinner table you pretty much ate what was put in front of you. Lucky for me my mother was an awesome cook so 99.9% of the time it wasn't an issue. Over the years I think mom perfected her ...
The Perfect Storm! Given the temperatures are reaching record lows, I had some leftover ham and I actually took a snow day today I thought I'd make some heartwarming comfort food. This is another one of my ...
Every year I post this recipe on New Year's Eve or Day. We used to call it Grandma's Good Luck soup and my grandma made a big pot of it every year. On New Year's Day all of my cousins, Colleen and I would ...
Let's start with last minute tips! Yikes! What to do if the damn Turkey didn't thaw over the last several days taking up camp in the frig?? Soak it in cold water not warm and change out the water every ...
Most everyone knows my mom passed away last month. It has been so strange in the house. I guess I really have an empty nest now. When James went off to college I still had my mother to take care of. Well ...
On September 8th my mother, Julia, the inspiration behind this blog and the inspiration in my entire life, passed away. My mother was a fighter and as you will see by reading this eulogy I wrote and read at ...
In the May/June Issue of Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Magazine (Formerly America's Test Kitchen) there is an article about and recipe for Hummus Perfected. It starts out stating that we serve Hummus wrong ...