An Affair to Remember

I.  LOVE.  PIZZA. It’s a love affair that I am not ashamed to admit. I love everything about pizza.  I love it’s ooey gooey cheesiness.  I love it saucy.  I love it piled with pepperoni.  I love it with the season’s freshest veggies (give me more mushrooms!).  I love the smell and feel of yeasty,…

You Have Been Chopped!

Hello.  My name is Amanda and I’m addicted to the Food Network. When there is nothing else on TV my thumb automatically punches in the numbers.  It’s a reflex.  When my husband hands over the remote he leaves it on the Food Network because he knows it will end up there anyway.  I can watch…

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

I think St. Patrick’s Day is the perfect comfort food holiday.  Spring is almost here but there are still those chilly, rainy days that remind you that Old Man Winter isn’t quite ready to be finished.  The random changes in weather wreak havoc on my sinuses and cause awful headaches.  My allergies start flaring up. …

Mardi Gras Comfort Food – Day 1 Etouffee

TGIF…Wow, what a week. It was one of those weeks that just never seemed to end.  The stacks of paper grew and the phone messages piled up.  By 5 o’clock every day I was exhausted and just wanted to go home and veg.  And I did every night!  Just when I thought I was going…