M y live Thanksgiving special has been postponed. The fact of the matter is that I feel like poop. I’ve had a stiff neck for the past FIVE DAYS. I mean so sick that I went to the doctor yesterday, got my H1N1 shot and a prescription for Valium. I slept on an ice pack all night, and still, nothing, no ...

W hen my father first became single after his split with my mom, he had his best friend from childhood, "The Doc," over our house. My father remains close with many of his friends from childhood, each of them with their particular nicknames. When I was still living in my childhood home, I’d asked my ...

I never send holiday cards. I just can’t get (sh)it together in time. This year, I’m hoping that changes. I’m loving the keepsake holiday card mini-books, like this one I made of the taters. Here’s hoping we take some good holiday photos of the whole fam next week. We’re spending the whole week in Florida ...

tuna tartare   I love to love Le Bernardin Cookbook by Eric Ripert. Love. The recipes rarely call for exotic ingredients, and more to the point, never 50 different ingredients for a single entree. This modified tuna tartare recipe was my go-to move as a single chic. It looks impressive, tastes exciting, ...

rachelray For those who may have stumbled onto my site after seeing The Rachael Ray Show, welcome! I’m a mom of toddler twins, an author, a photographer, and a wife (not always in that order). If you really want to know me, you can read the facts. I blog about everything from duct taping my daughter ...

W hen the producers of the Rachael Ray show phoned, they wanted to know how I felt about scheduling sex. My first response, "Sure… with whom?" But the truth is, I wouldn’t schedule sex with anyone. I get that sex deserves top billing in your life, right up there with composing your Thanksgiving menu, ...

fall10 fashion 2 Nope. This is not a photo of me on Halloween (though I will post one). It’s me, today, just back from Los Angeles, where it seemed all the ladies were sporting strappy motorcycle boots with leggings or skinny jeans, and every woman seemed to be workin’ the Hair Bumpits. It’s true. At ...

Img_4469 I have a word document on my desktop titled, "Thanksgiving."  It doesn’t list all the things for which I’m thankful, though maybe it should.  Maybe Thanksgiving is the time of year for resolutions.  When we give thanks, even listing the obvious players to whom we’re thankful, our lives suddenly ...

The day we stop looking is the day we die. (photo:Tara Maxey) mini lasagna I’ m going to just flat-out admit it. I might be dieting, but a girl can still look. When I can’t eat it, I read it. Or make it for the kids. Last week? Lasagna ‘cupcakes,’ where I constructed mini lasagnas in a muffin pan–individual ...

dsc 0850 “A nd it was so simple,” Phil said as we drove home from an enchanting dinner party. I always use that word when it comes to summer dinner parties: enchanting. It makes me think of nights with their own soundtracks, where music is piped in, people dress, and we’re left to see the clinking of ...