• The Food Network Humor Site

    Warning: If you don’t watch Food Network, you may not be crying from laughter like me. I love when I find a gem of a website, one that I can’t believe I’ve never stumbled upon before. Today’s find? Food Network Humor If you’re an obsessive a Food Network watcher like me, you’ll…

  • Simple Pleasures

    This is guest post by my brother-in-law, Shawn. Enjoy! -Liza A friend of mine who is moving from New York City to a small town in northern Vermont asked me recently if I had any advice for surviving the change from the big city to the quiet country. (I made…

  • How to Peel Fresh Garlic

    Are you guilty of trying to figure out how to peel fresh garlic with a paring knife, only to nearly slice off a finger as you not so carefully maneuver the knife across a clove? Does it frustrate you enough to reach for a jar of minced garlic? How to…

  • Agrodolce Ristorante

    One goal for 2011 is to spend more time with my girlfriends, and it just so happens the same goal is high on the list for my good friend Jessica. So, to ring in the new year properly, we spent January 1, 2011, chatting over dinner in Germantown, Md. Germantown,…

  • How to Spend a Gift Card at Williams-Sonoma

    The big superficial debate: how to spend a gift card? Actually, the title of this *should* be “How to spend a gift card?” And emphasize the question mark. I received a $100 gift card to Williams-Sonoma for Christmas. You’d think spending that little sucker would be easy as pie, right?…

  • Gwyneth’s Cookbook

    “In the last 10 years or so, cooking has become my main ancillary passion in life.” While I, too, enjoy cooking – and it has become a passion of mine within the past 10 years – this quote is not mine. It’s Gwyneth’s. You know…Gwyneth Paltrow. The actress, turned singer,…