Our son Nick played college baseball, and his wife Sarah was a college volleyball player. So you could say competition runs through their veins. And several years ago, when they decided to serve lasagna to their house full of relatives at Christmas dinner, Sarah said she planned to make her recipe, found on the Internet […]
Cooking Carbonara On A Catamaran
I’ve always wondered what it would be like to cook in the galley on a boat, and this winter I whipped up my own version of pasta carbonara onboard our neighbor’s gorgeous 34 foot Gemini Catamaran in Fort Lauderdale. Years ago I owned a cruise travel agency, and I’m convinced that my love of the ocean […]
Meemaw’s Stovetop Mac & Cheese
I spent much of the day today on my computer so I didn’t have time to cook a gourmet meal. Instead, I threw together a big pot of Meemaw’s Mac & Cheese, the most-requested dish for all seven of our grand kids. From the time our grand babies could sit up and hold a spoon, they […]
Butternut Squash Ravioli with Sage Brown Butter Sauce
Autumn is the perfect time to make butternut squash ravioli. And it’s also the perfect season to entertain guests! When entertaining company, I love to try out new recipes, especially when I have such willing “victims” who seem to eat just about anything I cook! So imagine how much fun I had when I got to […]
Homemade Ravioli
How about a lesson in cooking from our then-FOUR year old granddaughter Emma! (Full disclosure…she just turned five last week!) She and her sister Laney are EXCELLENT sous chefs. In fact, Emma wants me to wait for her to grow up so we can open our own restaurant! She says we’ll call it “The Mishler […]
Penne Pasta With Sausage, Asparagus, & Mushrooms
As most of you know, I cook by “feel” and “taste”…NOT by following recipes! So when people ask for one of my invented recipes I have to figure out the measurements…or as close as I can make them. And this Penne Pasta dish is certainly one of those dishes! I hope you try this dish…The […]