When it starts to get cold and rainy outside, most people crave comfort foods like stews and casseroles. I crave Italian food; it’s just the way I was raised. The funny thing is, my wife now shares this craving. So yesterday I decided to make some stuffed shells. If you’re going [...]

As any avid cook knows, there’s no good place to store your herbs and spices. It seems like we’re limited to fumbling through a lazy susan or wasting good cabinet space on bottles that are only three inches high. I’ve always kept my spices on a shelf above the stove, but steam makes [...]

The weather is finally nice, so we decided to get the garden in before the rain this week. So last weekend, while I cut and seeded the grass, my wife tilled and planted most of the garden. We had some survivors from last year’s crop. Our chives are thriving, as well as [...]