by Toni | Mar 18, 2021 | Healthy Treats, Let's Eat
My daughter’s birthday is March 7. I have come to think about her birth—so many years ago, now—as the first hopeful sign of Spring to come. The day she was born the sun was shining, but I remember it being cold outside (Could it have been snowing?). When the nurses...
by Toni | Aug 13, 2020 | Be Simple, Come Home, Let's Eat
The kitchen as classroom—it’s certainly not a new concept. A culinary hero of mine, Alice Waters, was one of the first chefs to identify this idea with her Edible Schoolyard Project, a project that has since taken on a life of its own and been replicated in...
by Toni | May 30, 2019 | Let's Eat
Can anything say “I love you,” “Thank you,” “Welcome to the neighborhood” or “Get well soon,” better than a homemade cookie? Well, I guess that’s a matter of opinion, but in my experience the unexpected gift of a tin full of cookies when someone is feeling puny, has...
by Toni | Jul 3, 2017 | Healthy Treats, Let's Eat
Summer should be a time to slow down, savor the flavors and scents of this glorious, sun-drenched season. But busy-ness seems to know no boundaries. When the world is “too much with us,” when we have that dreaded early-morning meeting, when we have to get dinner on...
