Recipes

In Defense of Roast Chicken

When I told my friends I was going to see Michael Pollan at the Paramount Theater last week, one of them asked if he was the lead singer for the Killers and another said that seemed like an odd venue for a book signing. I agree it was a bit random to pay money for tickets for what is essentially a stop on a writer’s promotional tour — a writer who is not JK Rowling! — but Michael Pollan is a rock star to some of us.

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BPA-Free, Please

Thanks to some of my recent posts about things like chocolate cake and wrapping food in bacon, it might be easy to forget that I

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When In Doubt, Add Bacon

I had a fantastic group of women here for class last week. They came with many different food concerns, from how to make family dinners

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Flourless Chocolate Cake

What is that thing they say about people who do the same thing over and over and expect different results? Right. Well, that would be me when it comes to making chocolate mousse on Valentine’s Day. Or should I say, attempting to make chocolate mousse on Valentine’s Day?

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Feeling SAD?

Okay, are we sick of getting up in the dark yet? I don’t know about you, but I am. Don’t get me wrong, I love

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For Your Viewing Pleasure

  In case you weren’t sitting around eating bonbons and watching TV at noon yesterday, here’s the segment featuring me on “Colorado’s Best.” (It’s kind

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