Can I still call myself a Redneck after cooking chicken that’s not fried? Check out this orange juice baked culinary delight and see what you think.

Risotto without stirring? Sounds crazy, but I promise you that it’s the truth. Lazy cooking is delicious cooking!

Next Thursday is Thanksgiving. And despite all of the advertisement, it’s not a day off from work to go shopping for so-so deals on so-so electronic gizmos to give away for Christmas. Thanksgiving is a day to give thanks for all that is right and good in your life. A day to spend with [...]

Every Friday at work we have a treat day: a different person each week brings in food for the group. This is voluntary and we do have some people that do not participate. For those of us that do, we get something tasty each Friday morning. Sometimes this treat is doughnuts from the grocery store [...]

In past posts I have joked about the Zombie Apocalypse. It is a fun topic and is easy to write about as there are so many movies out with various scenarios of how this could come about. Today I want to take a more serious look at disaster preparedness. No matter where you live in [...]

Risotto is awesome. Is that news? I was making a steaming pot of it this past weekend, thinking about just how awesome it really is. It’s a great comfort food: it’s hot, creamy, soul-satisfying, and definitely sticks to your ribs. I think it might just be the greatest food for the single folk. There’s something [...]

In honor of my first post for my new column, Snackalicious, I thought I’d write about a snack that is central to my heritage.  I am half Sicilian, and  spent most of my childhood summers in Palermo.  My siblings and I had lots of fun with our cousins — playing, swimming,  traveling and of course, [...]