Sticky, Gooey, Creamy, Chewy

When I was a kid, the word “jam” meant Welch’s Grape Jelly. That was what my mother kept in our house, and it’s the only kind of fruit spread that I remember ever eating. It came in Flintstones jars, and each jar featured a different Flintstones character. After the …

I’ve made no secret about the fact that I’m addicted to Nutella. Just leave me alone with my own jar of that creamy, dreamy, chocolatey deliciousness and a great, big spoon, and I’m happy. But, let’s face it. Nutella isn’t exactly considered a health food. It contains gobs of …

Every year my mother makes a prime rib roast for Christmas dinner. It’s tradition. And, every year that prime rib causes some kind of drama. That’s tradition too. Apparently, prime rib is fickle. There’s something about it that just seems to defy consistency. My mother always prepares it the …

Well, this certainly took a bit longer than I had planned! Besides a nasty bout of bronchitis that totally took me down, I’ve found myself in the throes of college applications, SAT’s and ACT’s, plus a few magazine deadlines just for good measure. Unfortunately, poor little SGCC has had …

Do you remember the best date you ever had? I’m talking about the mother of all dates – the one where every little possible detail was taken care of. Where you were wined and dined within an inch of your life, and so much attention was lavished upon you, …

My father had the most magnificent fig tree in his yard. It was about twenty-five feet tall and the breadth of its branches was almost as wide. Though he would never actually confirm it, the rumor is that he bred the tree using cuttings smuggled here from a bigger …

When Ruth Graves Wakefield mixed bits of semi-sweet chocolate into a vat of cookie dough back in the 1930’s, she unwittingly created what is arguably the most popular recipe of all time – the chocolate chip cookie. By some accounts, it was an accident. Others claim that Wakefield intentionally …

In just a few short days the kids will be heading back to school, and parents everywhere will be breathing a collective sigh of relief. Summer vacation can be tough on us moms and dads! Sure, it was great not having to get up at the brink of dawn …

My family is not very big on breakfast. We love breakfast foods. We just don’t like getting up in the morning any earlier than we have to. Yeah, I know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, blah, blah, blah. And, we usually do eat some …