Hey, do you remember that episode of 90210 when everyone was "squashing the violence?" When I make squash, I mentally say "squash the violence!" and slap my hand on the end of my fist. I watched too much television, clearly. Now, I hardly watch any. I don't know about you...

My mother's meatloaf, hands down, is always my favorite. She does a classic meatloaf, drizzled with ketchup and draped with bacon. Are you having a heart attack? Me, too! Around here, the bacon is saved for special occasions. I make meatloaf at least twice a month, and that is too...

Last week, a friend asked me, skeptically, if I really cook "from scratch" every night. I am often asked, as a new mother, how I have time to do all this cooking. Let's keep in mind that I only have one little baby at home, but my sister, who has...

We are die-hard carnivores in this household but we still have a healthy appreciation for vegetables, especially vegetables that can imitate or hold its own with meat. Case in point: Eggplant.

For the first 27 years of my life, I hated eggplant. That's not true. For the first few...