People, I am toast.  Excited, thrilled, elated, but I need the weekend for some serious downtime.  I just spent the last 9 days straight shooting my entire next cookbook.  It is going to be fabulous and I know you are going to absolutely love it.  I can't divulge the theme or much else, but know ...

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I'm continuing my pantry purge, but I'm going to have to take a break from it for a short bit because I just started shooting my NEXT COOKBOOK (yippee!!) and I am bringing home a lot of food from the set.  And it is all DEE-licious!  Now I'm really getting excited for the book.  It doesn't come out ...

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Hello, dear readers!  Forgive me for not posting a new recipe this week.  I really needed a little break and wanted to be fully present with my family during the holidays.  Plus, I hardly read anything that comes into my inbox between December 15th and January 3rd! Everyone is talking about ...

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My sort-of vacation starts now, so I am very excited!  I have taught my last class of 2018, scheduled my last blogpost for next week and I am almost packed to go to NY with my family to celebrate Christmas.  I say "sort-of vacation" because I am working hard on my next book, which I am shooting in a ...

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I cannot believe that Christmas is about a week away!  Yikes!  I am both excited and overwhelmed.  Excited to spend a week on Long Island with my family, overwhelmed because I don't have all my holidays gifts ordered or granola for the teachers made.  I will not leave the house this weekend until it ...

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Hanukkah is this Sunday and we have been invited to the home of some friends which means I am off the hook for making latkes on Sunday. Phew!  Latkes, aka potato pancakes, are delish, but kind of annoying to make.  I will make them on Friday for my family, but that's it.  I planned a lighter dinner ...

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I hope you all had a beautiful Thanksgiving.  We had a lovely holiday at home with some family and friends.  The best part was cooking in the kitchen with all three of my kids.  I didn't care what anything looked like, including myself LOL.  I was just thrilled to be together with my babies.  We are ...

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I just taught my last Thanksgiving class of the year and I am gearing up to start prepping for my own Thanksgiving.  My daughters are coming home this week.  Life is good.  I don't need more than that.  I am keeping the dinners easy this week because I never have enough time in the weeks leading up ...

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With Thanksgiving less than 2 weeks away, now is a great time to do a test-run of any recipes you would like to include on your holiday menu, but have never made before.  I will not actually be cooking this week because my husband and I will be following the Fasting Mimicking Diet, a 5-day fast with ...

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I have already cooked 4 turkeys this week and I am cooking 5-6 next week and 4-5 the week after - and that's all before my own Thanksgiving holiday!  I have a lot of experience cooking turkeys and Thanksgiving recipes, in general.  If I am an expert in one thing, it's pulling off a delicious and ...

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