From Nordstrom to Costco: It’s a Wonderful Life

I ran into an Epicurious post today on Facebook that professed the web culinistas’ love for Costco. The article – 14 Things We Love About Costco — ran in November, so why it appeared today in my newsfeed is a mystery, but it did strike a cord. Because I, too, feel the need to show […]

Need to Shovel (More) Snow? Whip Up a Little Garten!

It took me a pot of chicken soup, six large crab cakes and a pan of the Barefoot Contessa’s Salted Caramel Brownies to avoid shoveling the driveway today. I could have squeezed in an apple pie but I prefer to do back-breaking work in the daylight. “You haven’t shoveled yet,” asked my husband during an […]