Prayers for the Innocent

Prayers for the Innocent

It was April 20, 1999 when I received a terrified call from my mother, “Is Sean at school” she asked on the verge of tears. “Yes,” I said, “What’s wrong”? Barely able to speak through her sobs, she told be that there where two gunmen holding children hostage in a high...
Quick Pickled Cucumbers

Quick Pickled Cucumbers

Here is something simple to make as as a side dish or an accompaniment to grilled burgers or fish. Forget about the store bought pickles…these are cool, crisp, actually, I’m a bit addicted to these at the moment, eating them on sliced bread with a little...
Spicy Noodle Salad

Spicy Noodle Salad

Fishers Island holds a special place in my heart as it was the place where my family would gather during the summer months, where I raised my son for the first years of his life and where I realized my true passion and talent for cooking. My husband at the time Tom,...
Homemade Vanilla Honey Yogurt

Homemade Vanilla Honey Yogurt

Yogurt..I wondered if I could make it without all of the gadgets, making it the old fashion way. Let’s face it, back in 1500 BC they weren’t making yogurt with electric yogurt makers. I remembered my mother making it back in the seventies and I recalled...
What I really want…

What I really want…

What I wish for on Mother’s Day, I have, a happy and healthy son who is a beautiful human being. I was blessed with a mother whom I shared an amazing and complete relationship with, I have a lovely step-mother, mother-in-law and a step-mother-in-law. All that I could...