Spending a lifetime in the South of France sounds like perfection…if I only had the opportunity to just up-root my life and bring it there!?! But…since I don’t have that opportunity right now, spending 5 days in Provence and the Cote d’Azur with my best […]

Have you ever visited a city expressly with the interest of just eating your way through it? We have! Are we weird? Sorry. (Not sorry at all.) My husband and I had ALWAYS wanted to visit the New England area, specifically Maine. Living in northern […]

Don’t be discouraged from making this (Hot) Chocolate Caramel Cake because of its goofy name…naturally, there is a story behind all of this.   Every birthday in our family is celebrated with a special cake that each person requests that I make. The requests have […]

Cooking over fire seems so cave-man like and awesome all at the same time-doesn’t it?! Choosing A Wood-Fired Oven When we were designing our dream kitchen for our new home, we knew from the start that we wanted to incorporate some type of wood-fired cooking […]

I’m lucky enough to have a family who will eat all (read: most) of my creations with very little to zero resistance. Even my three young boys have been raised to know that you “shouldn’t bite the hand that feeds you.” They rarely put up […]

Aruba, Jamaica, Oh I want to take you to Bermuda, Bahamas, Come on pretty…whaaaa? Wait a minute…Yes, that’s right! I’m here to give you the perfect Bermuda family destination guide! Did you hear me mention Bermuda a few times? Did I just put the Beach […]

In our house, this decadent, perfectly flavored chocolate cherry coffee cake is nicknamed ‘The Bundt.’ How clever, right? Ha! There’s obviously a story behind this. One fall during deer hunting season up here in the great north woods of Minnesota, I decided to bake a […]

I know I’m a little weird in the fact that I LIKE to learn about cooking while on vacation. Ever heard of a culinary vacation? Or how many of you have taken cooking classes while on holiday? I know that some of you are secretly […]

Have you heard Nashville referred to as the NEW Vegas? Or maybe the term ‘Nash-Vegas?’ Well…it’s true! Nashville is definitely climbing the ladder as the new trendy hot-spot for a long weekend vacation! It has even become one of the top getaways for bachelor & […]

Whenever I have guests for the weekend, I always want to create a winning brunch that is delicious, simple to make AND something I can construct ahead of time. I don’t want to waste my morning getting brunch ready. I want to spend it with […]