The Pescetarian and the Pig

Episode 9: How to Divide Garden Plants. In Episode 9 of The Pescetarian and the Pig, I’m taking you out of the kitchen and into the garden with a lesson on how to divide garden plants to save you some serious money. When I was new to gardening, I made the common novice “mistake” of […]

Some of you might remember my “Soft Boiled” Easter Egg Cakes from a couple of years ago. I still feel like they are one of the most fun baking projects for Easter. It’s basically an inside-out Easter Egg, with the outside shell looking like a normal egg, but cracking into it you discover a wonderfully […]

Well, it’s been months since I released the last episode of The Pescetarian and the Pig. I’ve been working on this one for a while with Director/Cinematographer/Editor Joe Chiazza of 5Ahead Films. This one, titled My Edible Feelings, is a melodramatic tale of depression, loneliness, and finding the solution to all of life’s unpleasantries in the […]

Episode 6: How to Make Easter Houses Are you as excited about Easter as I am?! Even though the weather is desperately trying to trick me into believing that it’s still winter, I just know that it’s spring! And what better way to celebrate than with bunnies and flowers and all things pastel? Adorable decorations […]

How to make homemade pasta in a food processor: I’ll be honest with you. I’ve tried to make Ravioli several times the traditional way. You know, piling up a bunch of flower into a mountain, created a well, cracking the eggs in the middle, gradually mixing the eggs into the flour with a fork… Not […]

How to make Chocolate Bowls using BalloonsRemember those fantastic little chocolate bowls from my Romantic Dinner Date?  Don’t you want to learn how to make them? Well, I sure hope so cause I made a whole episode to show you how 😉 And, of course, the video features the one and only world’s most adorable […]

So, do you have any plans for Valentine’s Day? When I worked as a waitress at an Italian restaurant chain, I remember how ridiculously crowded the place was on Valentine’s Day. The restaurant was packed, there were people overflowing out the door of the lobby while they patiently waited for a table to share a […]

How to bake fish in parchment: Good morning everyone! I’ve cooked up another video for you… Why? Because I believe it is my civic duty to teach you things that you may or may not already know about cooking and baking! And this little trick is so easy, so healthy, and cuts your cleaning up […]

Can you say “Yum”? This Brandy Spiked Chocolate Eggnog Cake was my most popular recipe of 2011 and was featured on WordPress.com’s Freshly Pressed. Seems like people really like a boozy dessert, eh? When I created this cake, I wanted to come up with a recipe that was so packed with flavor that it would […]