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WELL DONE, YOU SWEET & SMOKY ROASTED CARROTS Countdown to 2020. Five days until we step into a new decade. If nothing else the 2010’s have been for me about what I can’t control. That’s terribly uncomfortable on so many levels but, as I understand, it's called...

Scrumptious Shrimp Tacos with Chipotle Cream, Salsa, & Avocado Mash Here’s the thing about this week’s blog. I need to step back from gingerbread, cheese balls, eggnog and other seasonal-related flavors For. Just. One. Meal. While you won’t find an ounce of...

MAGNIFICENT PLATES by MADDY WEBER O'CONNELL Let’s just put it out there … one week. Thanksgiving. Followed closely by our December holidays nipping at its heels. APPLE CUSTARD CRISP by DORIE GREENSPAN Light-bulb moment: Promise yourself, right now and out loud, to...

MISO-GLAZED SALMON For someone who doesn’t like to cook, my friend, Deb Overeynder, certainly knows the way around her kitchen. Whatever she makes, she goes big, at least doubling the recipe. That’s why I often get a text, “Mary, do you feel like chicken enchiladas...

CHICKEN and SALAD MILANESE STYLE STORIES from THE GANT Last Sunday afternoon Paul, a bellmen here at The Gant, came up to the condo to help me move furniture. During our conversation he mentioned making dinner for friends the night before. “What did you serve?” I...

GIRL POWER - So much to share this week. Let’s go…..My California granddaughters, Clara (L) and Emma, are 16 and 18. For nine years of their lives, Michael and I lived nearby, seeing them often. After he died and I moved home to Aspen, everything changed. My one...

FRIDAY the THIRTEENTH According to The Old Farmer's Almanac and who doesn’t have a copy of that hanging out on the kitchen counter, if you’re superstitious, be wary. Tomato, Peach & Arugula Panzanella COOKtheBOOKFRIDAYS, the thirteenth of September and a Harvest...

NEWSFLASH: SELF-CARE IS NOT SELFISH It needs to be said. Summer arrived, lingered a bit and in the blink of an eye, vamoosed. Or, so it seems. I’ve spent the last week dealing with that. And, you? We're all cutting our herbs and flowers before the first frost....

Mini-Palisades Peach Quick Bread Writing today’s post makes me happy and quite nostalgic. This summer marks six years since returning to Aspen to this comfy Gant condo where, I assured the front office executives, I would live ‘a year or two.’ Funny how that happens,...

When it’s vacation time or if visiting an unfamiliar area, I’m hoping you go all Dora (or, Dick)-the-Explorer. Whether it’s eating, drinking, sightseeing or finding lodging to fit the coins in your pocket, there’s expectation in getting it right. In fact quite often a...

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.  Ferris Bueller Competing against some of the food world's heavy hitters and a department store, Deb Perelman's Best Blueberry Muffins...