Bread and Butter Pickles

Packing the cucumbers in the jar bread and butter pickles

      Made easy! My Agritopia Farm CSA had so many cucumbers it wasn’t possible for us to eat all of them. I thought why not turn these delicious cucumbers into pickles, not just any pickles, but bread and butter pickles! I found this recipe for  Refrigerator Bread and Butter Pickles on Cooks.com 1.5 cups sugar (I used raw sugar) … Read More

Oatmeal Cafe

Oatmeal is super nurturing and healthy especially when it’s make with Iss’ Magic Mixes!

Happy Holidays – Cupcakes

I am a fan of delicious cupcakes. I could not resist these, Holiday specialty cupcakes by Richard Ruskell, executive pastry chef at Montage Beverly Hills. These cupcakes are beautifully gift wrapped in deliciousness. Richard Ruskell is celebrity chef and most recent winner of Food Network’s Last Cake Standing, started offering specialty cupcakes which use seasonal flavors and ingredients. These special … Read More

Shelly’s Pompeii Oven

Shelly Martin is an extraordinary person who not only studies artifacts from the past and built her own Pompeii Oven. Shelly is a CRM Archaeologist who finds life in the past fascinating. Spending time in Pompeii she discovered the beauty of the outdoor oven. Shelly decided to build an oven like the ones in Pompeii for her own home, here in Boulder. … Read More

My 1st Key Lime Pie

And then I turned to the Desserts section of my “Pulitzer Cookbook” to finally create a 1978 NY Times recipe for Key Lime Pie. I was a little shocked as I was creating it as this recipe calls for 5 egg yolks and condensed milk with some lime juice mixed in. The meringue top half is 5 egg white and … Read More

Black Bean & Zucchini Pancakes

In July 2000 Shape Magazine had a recipe for “Black-Bean and Zucchini Pancakes” that I have been meaning to make. I finally did! And it was worth the wait. The only things that added time to the whole preparation was having to roast the garlic and I didn’t have salsa at home so I ended up making it from scratch. … Read More

Red Velvet Cupcakes & "Neiman Marcus" Chocolate Chip Cookies

On the occasion of my baby boy’s 6-month birthday, I decided to throw a little party. I have always wanted to make Red Velvet cupcakes because when I discovered Red Velvet cake (just a few years ago), I was fascinated. The “Neiman Marcus” cookies (as I have also discovered are a hoax and not from Neiman Marcus) are also a … Read More

Easy To Make Festive Eats

Some ingenious casual cooks have a way of creating fabulous festive parties without breaking sweat on cooking. Lon Taylor is on of those ingenious cooks. His Super Bowl spread was delicious and delightful. Lon shares with us his recipe for down and dirty Louisiana style rice and beans. As easy as 1 2 3:   The Recipe: He simply bought … Read More

@DailyEats on Twitter

I can’t remember exactly when I began using Twitter personally. It could have been late 2006 early 2007. I recently setup a separate account for Daily Eats, which is @dailyeats. Having a DailyEats twitter account lets allows us tweet our new posts, get great tips or showcase from aspiring and established chefs, and get pitched/scooped on food stories from PR … Read More

Made at home Gourmet pizza toppings

Doctoring up food is a tradition to many house holds. For those new to this expression, to “Doctor up” food means making improvements by adding on some extra love to quick or premade foods. Such as store bought sub sandwiches and frozen pizzas. When it comes to frozen pizzas, Grocery stores have so many gourmet varieties to choose from, but … Read More