Nicole over at Pinch My Salt is participating in “Pay It Forward“, an internet meme that is really appropriate for this time of year. This idea is based on the movie “Pay It Forward” that made me cry buckets. I am going to play along too! The essential idea is: When someone does you a...

(Image from USA Pear media library) Its FINALLY starting to cool off to a seasonal fall temperature around here, helping me feel a bit more in-season. The tree colors peaked this weekend, yesterday was psychedelic with the riotous oranges, yellows, and reds of the sugar maples around here. Other than pumpkins and gourds and squashes...

Those of you surfing here from Darren Rowse‘s blog – ProBlogger and specifically about my prize for the Birthday Bash, you have come to the right place! My prize is both eye candy and mouth candy! If you win, you will receive: a signed 8×10 inch print of the peppermint marshmallow puff pastry cookie you...

Yummmm, you know you love grilling, especially when certain vegetables like asparagus are so fresh. Its also nice to stand outside and cook instead of at the same old stove. Fresh air, fresh food, the quiet of the backyard, cant get better than that. What CAN get better is my technique and grilling know-how. This...

Last year the kind people at the International Boston Seafood Show gave me a press pass so that I could cover this event for the Well Fed Network. I wrote an article for the Growers & Grocer’s blog (article link) and a few for this blog (Auto-design that has gone to the fishes, Ducktrap orgy,...

Back in December, during my cookie baking furies, I noticed that AllRecipes.com was running a photo contest for cookie photos. I had fresh cookie photos so I entered (see shot above) not really expecting to win because the AllRecipes site gets a huge amount of traffic and there were sure to be many great submissions....

(My winning image: Spice cake with homemade dark chocolate sauce © 2006 Nika)I am very proud and honored to say that I am one of the four first place winners in the first annual Food & Wine Magazine food photography contest! They write about the contest on the Food & Wine Magazine web site. The...