With about a month and a half to go before the season five premiere of AMC’s hit television drama, Mad Men, and approximately 52 hours to catch up on if you haven’t joined the millions …

I like a smart cocktail every now and again. There’s nothing wrong with imbibing with friends on a nice evening with a trained professional bartender to play mixoligist. I like the idea of someone else …

It is a concept that lives in the back of everyone’s mind-what would happen if all of those characters from fairy tales were living in the real world? It’s the very reason so many people …

I know a lot of you have already decked the halls and are busting out the carols. And there is no shame in that. The holidays are one of my favorite times of the year. …

In the years since I was a kid (you know, when we played video games with cartridges and we kept pencils beside the radio to save our music collections), Halloween was very different. Kids actually …

While I love to cook (and love to eat), I also love spending a relaxing evening with those who I care enough about to feed. Around my house that means having about two-three frozen entrees …

If you’ve never had a cold soup (and I didn’t until I was 30….yes I was born in a cave), it is a refreshing and healthy way to beat the heat. Within minutes, you can …

One of my favorite things about summer is the seemingly endless supply of fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs that are available at a reasonable cost. Since many of my family’s favorites are in season right …

Wine and cheese are two of my favorite food groups.  Okay, they aren’t actual food groups, but roll with it. They go so well together- like peanut butter and jelly or Batman and Robin. A …

St. Louis is never at a loss for creative dining experiences. If you like to eat, the Lou is one of the best places to add some LBs to your frame. So, when …

I would be lying if I denied ever having imagined that I would one day find that I was of royal lineage and that everything that had happened in my life up until that point …

Whether you live in St. Louis, Chicago, the east coast, or even the south, winter has been less than kind to us this year.
I can’t even remember the last time the temperature was above 35 …

Parades, green beer, kegs ’n eggs and Guinness flowing like water – what’s not to love about St. Patrick’s Day? Whether you’re Irish or not, an excuse for day-drinking and general debauchery is too good …

I don’t follow NFL football at all. In fact, I’m ashamed to say that at the very moment I’m writing this, I can’t tell you the names of the two teams playing in the Super …

The holidays are a great excuse to stuff ourselves silly and not feel guilty about it because as the oft-used justification goes, “It’s a special occasion.” It is the time of year when people young …

I’m going to blame a lingering post-Thanksgiving food coma for the fact that I’ve been a lazy bum lately. This past weekend, I spent much more time eating food than writing (or even thinking about …

The other day, a friend sent me a link to this article from The Daily Beast, and now I don’t feel so guilty for occasionally giving into my cravings for McDonald’s double cheeseburgers.  Heck, that’s …

Why does every recipe gotsta be for an army?  When cooking for a dynamic duo, Even the pre-packaged chicken breasts assume that you like chicken enough to have seconds or you are dying for a …

There isn’t anything a cupcake can’t cure… well, mostly. There is an art and science to the making of those sweet treats that were elevated from the realm of the classroom party to the sweet …

Since my parents never grew broccoli in our garden when I was a kid, I’ve never associated it as being a locally-available veggie. Broccoli thrives in cooler climates, so you’ve got to work fast if …