Di's Kitchen Notebook

For the past year (not counting our summer hiatus), I've been part of a fun activity with a bunch of other bloggers/bakers.  Each mont...

How much menu planning do you do?  We shop once a week--okay, technically twice, since we shop at both HEB and Central Market each weeke...

So how many of you stock up on stuff to make sure you don't run out of a favorite ingredient?  I'm not talking about things like f...

There's no question about it--my husband is much better at gift-giving than I am.  He clearly puts a lot of thought into it and comes ...

Well, Halloween is over, so hopefully my girls will settle down a little bit before they start getting all worked up about Christmas.  I c...

I had the following conversation with Gillian last night as she and Brianna were finishing up dinner: Gillian: "May I please have s...

I've mentioned before that birthdays are a big deal around here.  The birthday girl (or boy) gets to pick what kind of cake she wants ...