Recipes Archive

Here are over 100 original recipes — a collection to which I add a new, easy recipe each week. The goal with this site is to get you into the kitchen and to keep it as quick and healthy as possible. So, whether you’re in need of an easy, healthy dinner recipe or a recipe for elegant entertaining, you can find it here. Though I take the artistic license to mix things up, the focus is always on reliable, easy, healthy recipes.

Midnight in Paris is the next movie that I’m paying homage to as part of my week of Oscars-themed recipes. Since the film flips and flops between modern-day and 1920s Paris, I decided to make a contemporary twist on a classic French recipe. All you have to do is read two lines of any Lost… Continue

It’s Academy Awards week here and I’m sharing ideas and recipes for throwing your own Oscars Viewing Party. Today’s recipe is for shatteringly crisp tempura-fried vegetables served with a sweet-salty miso-mustard sauce. This dish is inspired by The Descendants, which shows a very real look into the trials and tribulations of everyday life in modern Hawaii. Since contemporary… Continue

If ever there was a time to celebrate the bright lights of fame and Hollywood, it would be now, during the awards season that kicks off each January and culminates with the Oscars. This year I’ve been working with Moët & Chandon to help Hollywood celebrate the awards season with some entertaining recipes and ideas. In that spirit,… Continue

This recipe is dedicated to all you guys out there looking for a last minute, very affordable Valentine’s gift. Yes, I’m calling out the men on this one but it’s with good measure. Over the course of the last day, I have had not one, not two, but three guys start to panic in my… Continue

French toast is one of those dishes everyone should master for, say, a brunch when you want to cook for a crowd or a decadent breakfast-in-bed for Valentine’s Day. Either way, this recipe is the perfect place to start. It’s a departure from tradition because it’s baked rather than pan-fried, so you can put the… Continue

I’m not one for heart-shaped boxes, chocolates, or cupid-clad anything, but I always look forward to Valentine’s Day because it’s a reminder to commemorate the people you most adore. To celebrate the upcoming holiday of the loved and beloved, I’ve joined some like-minded food friends for a a virtual Valentine’s party where we’ll each cook and… Continue