Growing up in a family of six kids meant a lot of hungry mouths to feed! My mom's delicious cooking really whetted my appetite to create meals as yummy as hers (my dad had a few tricks up his sleeve too), but it wasn't until I was living on my own that I began to cook... Read more.
A few months ago, I spent some time doing volunteer work in Kenya through the volunteer agency International Volunteer HQ. I stayed with a Kenyan family and volunteered at an orphanage, Internally Displaced Persons camps, and with the Masai (warrior tribes in Kenya). It was an extremely moving experience. Read more.
The Ultimate Pumpkin Pie
This pumpkin pie post has been patiently waiting for me to put it up for some time now. It’s well worth the wait. It would be criminal to only make this in the Fall when it’s that good.
Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough published an amazing Ultimate Cookbook (the name is absolutely on point), and this pumpkin pie is their variation of their Squash Ginger Pie. I have adapted only slightly.
