cook it: crab cakes w/lemon dill sauce

cook it: crab cakes w/lemon dill sauce

this recipe is designed for the person or couple who wants to cook but have a hard time deciding what to cook and frankly, how to cook. sometimes you just gotta say “cook it!” and dive right in. it is the perfect time of year for this recipe!…

cook it: yogurt parfait with mint and pistachio 

cook it: yogurt parfait with mint and pistachio 

if you’re like me, you eat the same breakfast every morning.  except those days you get the bacon, egg and cheese mcgriddle from mcdonalds…just kidding…of course i don’t eat that crap! this week’s episode of COOK IT comes with a tasty twist of routine.  it’s the best combo…

cook it: chicken florentine artichoke bake

cook it: chicken florentine artichoke bake

thank god the weekend is almost here.  i’m ready for it.  while i haven’t been traveling too much this month, i find it hard to work from home.  anyone else think that as well?  i seems i need people, action and inspiration.  that’s why it was so much…

best chicken recipe ever. like ever.

best chicken recipe ever. like ever.

i’ve had this blog for two years now, and you need to know that this has been my most popular blog to date.  like off the charts.  so now, i’m going to repost the heck out of it. just kidding. this is my sister-in-law’s recipe that i have…

new york botanical gardens escape

while in NY for business, i got a chance to stay until saturday at my sister/brother in-laws house in chatham, nj. you can’t beat new jersey in the fall.  you know, now that i think about it – new jersey and detroit are very similar.  yes, one is…

mugging down

i’ve always wanted to collect something. but could never decide on what.  my sister collected hotel supplies (there’s a story behind that) and shot glasses (so 1980’s).  my aunt is a great collector of various themes.  my mom had dabbled in various interesting artifacts.  i used to gather…

appreciating: family and keeping it real

“the strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other.”   MARIO PUZO, The Family there is nothing more loving and more heartbreaking than the dynamics behind families.  and everyone has a story.  no family is without defect.  sure, families…

feeling appreciative

if you read my “bio” or whatever you call it in the upper right hand corner, you will see that i’m the appreciator because i wasn’t sure what to focus my blog on.  i started writing this for background info as part of my job – so that…