Chili & Chives

For Mommy's last birthday, we decided to type up all of our family recipes collected over the years. We quickly typed everything and...

As a native Texan, briskets are slowly smoked, sliced and served on a plastic tray with a rich, sweet and smoky barbecue sauce. That's...

Yesterday, on my birthday, I received my newest cookbook in the collection - Where Cooking Begins by Carla Lalli Music. I made roasted...

In my honest opinion, one of the best late-night home activities is baking. That's not to say that I am a confident baker by any means. I...

If you know me, you know baking is not my forte. There's something so frustrating to me about sticking something in the oven and hoping...

One summery day, Mommy came over to have dinner with Talal and I. I had seen a beautiful, vibrant cold veggie soup akin to a gazpacho in...

I had to scroll back to see when it was that I bought Alison Roman's 'Dining In' cookbook. It was January 2018. Now, it's July and I've...

I love scallops. Period. End of Story. When Bon Appétit posted a video of Molly making Pan-Seared Scallops with Chorizo and Corn, I had...

If you haven't tried the Paprika-Rubbed Sheet Pan Chicken from Alison Roman's Dining In Cookbook, why are you even eating chicken?...

Today, I had a small group of people over. As I usually do when I have people coming over, I spent a few days building the menu and...

I'd always grown up waiting for something... anything to come in the mail. To my dismay, everything was always addressed to my parents -...

I hate to admit it, but it's become quite apparent that I spend too much time on the Bon Appetit Facebook page and mindlessly scrolling...

I know that cooking and eating can become mundane. I believe that food has the power to bring people together and it should be treated as...

The menu for our dinner with Rima and her niece Cindy was... A beautiful beef tenderloin with portobello mushrooms - marinated in...

A Friday at home can be pretty boring. Luckily, Tina kept me company. What can we do... We decided on baking. I looked through some of...

Maybe it's a Suki thing, but when I get going in the kitchen, I tend to spend my whole day there. After the scones and the pizza, we had...

While in line at Whole Foods, I couldn't help grabbing a copy of the Food & Wine magazine. It had so so so many recipes. There were 4...