The kids and I recently watched "Just Desserts", an episode of Cory in the House on the Disney Channel. Cory in the House is about the son of the head chef at the White House and all his mishaps and fun with his two best friends, Meena and Newt. In this episode, Meena makes a batch of Nakeeshka, the official dessert of Bahavian Independence Day. Nakeeshka are cream filled pastries "ceremoniously drizzled" with lemon sauce.

Cory enjoys them… Read More

If you watch The Disney Channel as often as my family does (that's a lot) you've probably seen the little snippets of a program called Pass the Plate , hosted by Brenda Song (Who doesn't LOVE her as London Tipton on The Suite Life of Zach and Cody ?). She presents a food, facts about it and one of the ways her family enjoys it before passing the plate on to another family in a different part of… Read More

Corned beef and cabbage. Potatoes. Irish soda bread. Stout. These are the foods most often associated with Irish cuisine, and while they are traditional, they're certainly not the end of the menu. So, what is there to Irish food beyond the usual suspects? The answer may surprise you and, I hope, spur you on to explore and create for yourself.

I have an Irish cookbook that I refer to more than any other, and that book is Monica Sheridan's The Art… Read More

The Spiderwick Chronicles opens in theaters this Thursday, February 14th. Sweet. No pun intended at all. I'm looking forward to seeing it. This is another of those book series that my family just inhales. We love the books and we've all been anxious to check out the film.

If you've never read the books, the story is pure fantasy interwoven into reality - the discovery of a world within our world.
Jared Grace, after moving… Read More

My husband and I don't usually celebrate Valentine's Day together. Our wedding anniversary is just four short days later, so we save up our babysitting allotment (read: The one day the teens don't complain about watching the little ones) for that day.

When we find ourselves in the no-money-no-babysitter situation, the next best thing is putting the kids to bed and having dinner together while we watch a DVD. To be completely honest, most of the time "dinner" on those… Read More

Most Super Bowl parties consist of fans of one single team - everyone rooting for the same side, but what happens when you have rivals in your midst? Ply them with good food. This year, Super Bowl XLII (that's 42 for those of us with Roman Numeral deficiencies), it's the New England Patriots up against the New York Giants. I've come up with one big menu with great dishes that showcase both New England… Read More