After spending this (very early) morning with my twin nephews, I was reminded of a piece I wrote when they were itty-bitty, and children were the scariest things I could think of. Now I find them not so daunting, provided there is enough caffeine to keep me functional. We bonded through the act of cooking, [...]

CMN Video: Hiltl Vegetarian Restaurant, Zurich Who says vegetarian food can’t be sexy? Chef Mark and I visit Europe’s oldest vegetarian restaurant (founded in 1898), which has one of the busiest — and cleanest — kitchens I’ve ever seen. Managing Director Peter Vauthier gave us full access to the operation from kitchen to dining [...]

CMN Video: Food Blogger Playdate: Photography & Ingredient Play We have another food blogger play date, getting together to taste new ingredients, and to photograph several dishes for our upcoming Gilded Fork Cookbook! We then explored making dishes with truffles & black garlic. Look for part 2, where we do a blind tasting of [...]

What’s better than cooking, eating, drinking and talking food and wine with people who love (ok, are obsessed with) the subject as much as you? Not much! We had our first food blogger playdate back in September in the Martha Stewart test kitchens, so Chef Mark decided to arrange another because these gatherings are just [...]

I’ve recently connected with a lot of high school alumni on Facebook, and decided to post a link to an article I wrote back in 2004 entitled An Ode to William Yachymiak. He is an English teacher many of us have come to revere for his wisdom and talent in bringing out the best in [...]

Chef Mark was kind enough to update our progress on the meaty ol’ Gilded Fork Cookbook over at CMN: Our Gilded Fork Cookbook project is coming along nicely, and we’re so thrilled that our recipe testers have been cooking up a storm trying out our recipes. They are an enormous help to us, holding us [...]

Jennifer and Chef Mark taste the many dishes and drinks on offer at the Savour Food & Wine Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia. A production of The Culinary Media Network. www.culinarymedianetwork.com

We were fortunate to have sunny weather for our trip to Nova Scotia last week, where we attended the Savour Food & Wine festival featuring some of Nova Scotia’s best chefs, winemakers and brewers. This is the event’s 7th year, and takes place throughout the month of February with tasting dinners, wine tastings and cooking [...]