Recipes

Chunky Chicken Chili

After an unusually warm and spring-like weekend, this week’s cold temperatures and bitter winds seem especially bone-chilling. And there’s no better way to warm up a cold, winter night than a piping hot bowl of […]

Bacon Cheddar Cheese Ball
Appetizers

How to Make a Bacon Cheddar Cheese Ball

Cheese balls may have had their heyday in the 70s but they’re still a delicious and easy appetizer you can make ahead for your next get together. How to Make a Bacon Cheddar Cheese Ball […]

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French Onion Soup

This is one of the first things I learned to cook in culinary school. It’s a simple, rustic soup full of basic cooking techniques. You’ll practice knife skills by slicing the onions and perfect your […]

Coconut Chicken & Shrimp Soup
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Coconut Chicken & Shrimp Soup

I had the best Thai food of my life…in Paris…over the Thanksgiving holiday. Go figure, right? We’d spent the day strolling the rues, treated our daughter to a very hip art exhibit then headed out […]

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Type A- Chicken & Dumplings

Soup’s On in January! This month, to celebrate National Soup Month I’ll be co-blogging (is that a word?) with my friend, Kathy, from KidCulture.Wordpress.com. We’ll bring you one soup recipe from around the world for […]

Shrimp & Grits with Champagne Cream Sauce
Entrées

Shrimp & Grits with Champagne Cream Sauce

Watch Chef Danielle share this and the rest of her New  Year’s Eve champagne menu on Let’s Talk Live! Cheesy grits, plump shrimp drizzled with a creamy champagne vanilla sauce combine for a new twist […]