If you started reading 52 Kitchen Adventures anytime over the 2011, you may have wondered how this blog got its name. In 2010, I explored one unusual ingredient each week, demystifying different foods from strange looking produce to exotic pantry items. Once a week for a year = 52 adventures in the kitchen. (Click here to see all [...]

On my Facebook page and Twitter I’ve been teasing you all about big changes coming to this blog. The day is finally here and I’m excited to show you guys the new 52 Kitchen Adventures. If you’re reading this via email or RSS feed, click here so you can see for yourself… Have you come over [...]

Today is the day my wonderful friend Hannah was born. It’s the first time in many years that we haven’t been together on her birthday, so last week I sent her some goodies in the mail. I needed something that would ship easily and I considered brownies or cookies until I discovered something better: self-frosting [...]

  It’s finally fall, my favorite season! Besides beautiful weather and pumpkin flavored everything, that means the mother of all sugar-coated holidays: Halloween. Halloween is all about candy, fun, costumes, and more candy. To celebrate this fun and sugary holiday, I teamed up with Kitchen Play and McCormick to bring you some Halloween treats and [...]

I’ve been nominated for a blogging award! Please vote for me – it only takes a moment and you don’t need to create an account on the CBS site. You can vote once a day until September 9th. Thanks for your support! Can you believe it’s September already? I can’t believe summer is almost over [...]