While living in Baltimore for my husband’s residency program, we would often venture out to Bel Air, Maryland—a town in which I lived and taught for five years in my pre-married life.   We loved escaping the city, walking the Ma & Pa Trail, and taking our toddler son to Annie’s Playground.  Afterwards, we would…

If you love French fries, but you don’t love the added calories from frying, try roasting them in the oven.  The key is to soak the cut potatoes in water prior to cooking them.  After following this step, all you need to do is pat them dry, toss them in vegetable oil and seasoning, and…

I will admit it—I’m a burger fiend.   I adore a good hamburger.  But when I’m watching my carb intake, eating sandwiches isn’t an option.  I tried using portabello mushrooms as my roll, but it was just too much food , not to mention really hard to eat.  Enter the lettuce wrap.  I love Thai…

  The very first thing I learned how to cook was scrambled eggs.  I was about ten years old.  It was so exciting to get into the kitchen and make something all by myself.  They’ve been a favorite breakfast staple ever since.  There is something so wonderful about the simplicity of scrambled eggs—they’re great plain,…

  Hi.  My name is Charlotte, and I am addicted to cookbooks. It’s an expensive habit, but at least it’s legal (I’m constantly reminding my husband of this fact).  It all began in college when my mum gave me The Better Homes & Gardens Cookbook.  Over the years, it’s morphed into a library of books,…