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Sweet Dreams?
My dad has no tolerance for sugar. We know he’s not diabetic, but even a sip of Gingerale has been known to make him sleepy. Sweets hardly tempt him anymore, but one particularly unbearable summer in...
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Everything-but-the-Jar Pasta
I like to think of pasta as a blank canvas for whatever I have left in my fridge, a binder for all the random ingredients I’ve collected but don’t quite know what to do with yet. The best part is that...
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Smell-o-Vision
On a recent trip to Disney World over Labor Day weekend, I was overwhelmed—not by a sense of childhood nostalgia, not with the fairytale atmosphere or super-clean park streets—but with the aroma of...
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Breaking the Fast
Last Saturday I observed Yom Kippur, the most important holiday on the Jewish calendar. Normally I enjoy Jewish holidays—a time to see friends and family, to reminisce, and (perhaps the most revered...
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Crunchy Granola and Proud of It
I am a sucker for fresh baked granola. I love the varieties of crunch, the hidden gems of dried fruit like ruby-red cranberries or golden California apricots. I eat it by the fistful as a snack, over...
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Glorious Grapefruit
The approach of winter usually means hearty soups, slow-roasted squash, and warm, spicy holiday drinks. But what about fruit? I’ve been suffering from a bit of apple fatigue lately, and turned to my...
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What's Wrong with This Picture?
Thanksgiving, we all know, is a food person’s Superbowl, a Day of Reckoning, a time when you and your guests expect to be dazzled by every course, paired so perfectly together that the final table...
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Korean Tonight
A couple weeks ago my friends and I decided to try a new Korean restaurant that had just opened in Birmingham. Make that the only Korean restaurant in Birmingham. We had eaten there before, but only...
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Crowd Control
This past weekend I made a Cooking Light pasta salad for 18 people—a feat I am immensely proud of. I know what you’re thinking. You just got through a holiday with a turkey that could barely fit in...
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What I Learned on My Summer Vacation
It may be sacrilege to say so, but schools everywhere are gearing up for the next academic year (many in the south will start in as little as three weeks). As the days of sack lunches loom, I wanted...
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When Good Food Takes Center Stage
It seems like there’s been an explosion local and national food events lately, a trend I am definitely starting to love. Whether it’s a national conference for food bloggers or a farm-to-table dinner...
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Being a Good Cookie
At the end of September, Cooking Light hosted a bake sale at the local farmer’s market to support one of our favorite causes, Cookies for Kids Cancer (see a post about the organization by Julie...
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