Winter is here. Darkness arrives early and the cool evenings demand warm woolens. It's a cozy cabin time of year for crackling wood fires and deep bowls of hot soup. This Mexican Sopa De Lima (Lime…

My mother was the 1954 summer Cover Girl for County Line, a Monmouth New Jersey magazine. As a 1st generation Italian, Mariana Elvira Lucia Siciliano did not have the female look that was popular in…

American chef and food activist, Alice Waters says, "the best way to create caring, compassionate, peaceful communities, is to bring people together around food." The folklore of "Stone Soup" reminds…

The food heritage of one's grandparents is a cultural birthright. Independent filmmaker Kevin Longa embraces his good fortune by cooking and eating with his beloved 97 year-old grandmother whom he…

It’s a guarantee. Life throws curve balls. Life also waits for no man. Commitments, gatherings, appointments, deadlines and dishes. All of it, good stuff. Every day, everyman stuff. The daily stuff…

Some days are not exotic. They're everyday days. When you're workin' like a feudal farmer, and want to eat like a King or Queen, preparing good nourishing food needs to be simple. On these days, Bon…

  [caption id="attachment_2677" align="alignnone" width="820"] Leap of Faith © Yvonne Cornell 2013[/caption]   Saturday is my BIG 50! My original plans were to stay in an ocean…