I’ve not had a lot of opportunity to follow my chef dad around the kitchen — he’s elusive that way — but this time I took notes and got his recipe.

I’ve been feeling a little dippy lately … I’ve become obsessed with creating new dip recipes, and this roasted red pepper white bean dip is one of the keepers.

I know I really like almost every recipe that I create, and I’m not ashamed to tell you so. But this one — oh, this one! — is something special. Creativity hasn’t been my strong point in the last couple of weeks and I had been feeling a little guilty about not creating many original [...]

I probably make salad nicoise far too often. Let’s face it — it’s embarrassingly easy to steam green beans, boil potatoes and toss it all together with salad, olives and tuna. It makes the perfect dinner salad.
In an effort to mix things up a bit, I really rocked my family’s world last night when I [...]