Wishes and Dishes

Before I go into the recipe for today, I just want to say something much more important: my heart, thoughts and prayers go out to the city of Boston and everyone who has been affected by yesterday’s tragic events. I know I’m a little late in the month, but happy national grilled cheese month, everyone!  [...]

40 days ’til Christmas!!!  I’m so excited!!!  Okay, now that I got that out of my system….. We have to savor every fall flavor and dessert while we still can, because after next week when Thanksgiving is over, it’s all Christmas….all the time… and nothing BUT Christmas!  Who am I kidding, I’ve practically been decking [...]

Well, it’s October already!  The days are starting to get much shorter, the nights are getting longer, and the air is getting crisper.  I drove down the roads this week near where I live and realized that the trees weren’t quite as green and there were some leaves blowing across the road.  That’s when it  [...]

“How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.” – John Burroughs After fully embracing pumpkin season, I have finally found time to take advantage of another flavor of the season: apples! I don’t think I’ve ever met an apple dessert that I didn’t like and this recipe for [...]

“But I remember more dearly autumn afternoons in bottoms that lay intensely silent under old great trees” – C. S. Lewis  As much as I am mourning the passing of summertime – there is one thing that I am supremely happy about – the return of apple season.    I made this bread the other [...]

So I promised you all I would post some of the recipes that we made at the NY Wine and Culinary Center and I am a woman of my word! This dish was unequivocally delicious and it qualifies as a Fall dish because it has apples in it, as well as one of my fall [...]