Celebrate Oktoberfest with beer and Oktoberfest pizza. This pizza is fun and easy to make. Heck, why not drink the half a beer left over from sauteing the onions while you cook and raise a toast to our German brethren. Cheers!

Oktoberfest Pizza
1 large onion, sliced
1/2 of a beer
1 small apple, thinly sliced
1 sausage, sliced
3/4 cup [...]

I was in Portland last weekend. What a great city with an amazing local food scene. One of my favorite finds was a pear hazelnut flatbread. The hazelnuts were toasted and finely chopped then sprinkled on the crust with a little honey drizzled on. The pears were added next. When it came out of the [...]

As I waited in the check out line at the grocery store, I was surrounded by pizza. Several of the food magazines, including Food & Wine and Vegetarian Times, featured pizza on their covers. It reminded me that fall means pizza. With the cooler weather, people are at home more and are willing to crank [...]

We had a babysitter last Thursday. I made dinner for both my daughter and the sitter ahead of time. What could be easier than pepperoni pizza?
I made a quick tomato sauce with 4 tomatoes on my counter and added some shredded zucchini (I have plenty to use up). Topped the sauce with mozzarella cheese and [...]

My daughter started kindergarten a couple weeks ago. She loves it, but there is still plenty to get used to. For me, the biggest challenge has been packing her lunch every morning.
I had the perfect plan. I got everything for a waste-free lunch even down to the cloth napkins thanks to Etsy.com.
As someone who makes [...]

The beginning of fall means the end of summer vacations, back to school and the return of pizza and movie night for many a household.  You could keep it simple and just put the usual toppings on or you could get inspired and make a pizza topping that ties into a theme with your movie.
Ratatouille [...]

We went to Hawaii last week for our vacation. It was my first time and I loved it. Besides sitting on the beach watching the sunset, snorkeling and heading to the pool whenever I needed a change of scenery, I enjoyed hunting down and learning about local foods. (I will probably write more about what [...]

August is grilling month. Not only is it too hot to turn on the oven in your house, but there are lots of fruits and vegetables that are delicious when grilled. My new favorite combination, peaches and tomatoes, is to die for. A must try.

Grilled pizza is great. It is super easy, can be done [...]

I got a beautiful basket of multi-colored cherry tomatoes. I thought it would make a beautiful pizza and it did.
Usually, fresh tomatoes have a lot of water that comes out when you cook them making a pizza crust soggy so you have to salt the tomatoes ahead of time to draw the water out. I [...]

We moved into our house 4 years ago and every year we still find surprises. This year, a weed I was too lazy to pull, turned into a fig tree. It provides for a great view outside my kitchen window. We didn’t get many figs, but I was thrilled because a caterer friend tantalized me with [...]