This dish is so beautiful, it is the most perfect dinner recipe because it is so easy, healthy and looks AMAZING! Take a look at those layered fat slices of eggplant. Only Mario …

This pancake recipe was adapted from Chef Kenny Shopsin’s popular pancakes. These were so easy to make, quick, creamy and so delicious and fragrant. Pancake mix is fast and easy but this homemade …

Sometimes when this GirlCook is feeling blue, I eat a big fat bowl of strawberry shortcake. For breakfast. And then again for dinner. A big bucket of strawberries, fresh picked; freshly whipped cream; …

Farmer’s Markets are here again. How happy we are after a long winter. Today marked my first Farmer’s Market excursion, to the Canandaigua Farmer’s Market where I bought a bunch of beautiful tender greens …

My brother-in-law, J, is one of my favorite man cooks and grilling is his specialty. We’re not talking hot dogs and hamburgers here, we’re talking spicy skewered shrimp, basted asparagus, whole-green-onion kind of grilling. …

When you have all the ingredients in your fridge, it makes creating dishes in the kitchen so easy. Just think of some tastes you’d like to combine, add a great sauce and done. …

I’ve been making shrimp scampi for many years, always trying new recipes and concocting my own. This recipe is based on Rao’s Cookbook. We served it over capellini (or angel hair pasta). …

Leave it to Jacques Pepin to give us this recipe. We almost didn’t try it on a Sunday night when our errands took longer than we expected and we only had an hour to …

My Mom & Bob’s Polish Easter eggs, this one a beautiful iris

And Pink Posie eggs
Easter time is one of my favorite times of the year. Families gather, Easter tables are set and we cooks …

The bread made by Riana and the girls and their Grandma
“Riana is going to Grandma Rita’s on Sunday”, my husband announced casually Friday night. “For what”, I asked curiously. “To bake St. Joseph …

When our daughter’s college friend, Amanda, fresh from a St. Patrick’s day parade on a wind-whipped afternoon of traffic, crowds, bars and brew, blew in our door, ready for dinner, we sat her down with …

There are seminal moments in a cook’s life and cooking with Grandma Julie on one cool fall day when she deemed I was ready to help her make stuffed cabbage or “galumpkis” was, for …

I’ve been posting the dinners we cook at home together at the end of the day after a long day of work to show that busy working families can cook every night together…and cook healthy, …

Great pasta vodka includes two delicious ingredients: pancetta and heavy cream. What’s not to like right? Well, when I make nightly dinners, I look for healthy alternatives to these kinds of ingredients. …

Buttery pecan crust, icy vanilla yogurt layered with tangy lemon curd and topped with a wave of golden meringue….a lemon dream made especially for my girls Mom & Patti who love, love, love lemon curd. …