I love everything about the Christmas season. From the shopping to the decorating. All of the delicious food and amazing smells. Sometimes, I want the house to smell like Christmas without having to whip up a pie or a batch of cookies. Let’s be honest, freshly baked treats smell amazing, but who has time for …
I absolutely love corned beef, but I’m the only one in our family who does, so I have had to get creative in making corned beef & cabbage for St Patrick’s Day. While I have friends that will cook a corned beef brisket for hours and hours in their crock pot and then make sautéed …
Confections are one of my specialties! When Steve & I got married 15 years ago, I made a variety of homemade truffles as the favors for our wedding. They were a huge hit! Since then, I have been making truffles, caramels, toffee, buttercremes, brittles, and so many other delicious bites to share with family and …
I have never had a chance to celebrate Mardi Gras in NOLA, so my only Mardi Gras experience comes from working at Showboat Casino in Atlantic City when I was in my early twenties. The casino’s tagline was, “The Mardi Gras Casino” and from the minute you stepped on property the goal was to take you …
