My weekend was cut uncharacteristically short by a work event that kept me outside in the cool autumn air for about 12-hours. Aside from taking a large chunk out of my weekend, this also took a large chunk of my energy leaving me without much when it came time for Sunday night dinner. On nights [...]

Holy comfort food Batman! If you are like me, then these cool Autumn nights create the perfect setting for a stick to your ribs, warm your tummy dinner. The kind of dinner where you sit down, eat, and almost fall asleep at the table before you have the chance to stand up and walk to [...]

You may be wondering why this cake has a candle in it. While I will say hello to the latter half of my 20’s on Friday, that is not the reason. This cake has a candle in it because exactly one year ago today I posted my very first post on Life’s Ambrosia. I can’t [...]

I’ll admit that, aside from zucchini,  it has taken me a long time to embrace squash. And for a very silly reason: I am slightly intimidated by the odd shapes, colors and sizes.  And when I do feel adventurous enough to bring one home, I sit there staring at it trying to decide what to [...]

One of the souvenirs I happened to pick up while I was in Italy was truffle salt. I blame the store manager for placing the glass jar right at my nose level so that when I walked by the wonderful smell of truffles filled my nose making it nearly impossible to resist. Once I got [...]

One would think that after working 6 years in a seafood restaurant where they served all you can eat fish and chips on Wednesdays that I would want to stay as far away as possible from tartar sauce. But despite the fact that I ate and on a few occasions, wore, my fair share of [...]

Fish sticks were probably one of my childhood favorites. We didn’t eat them that often so whenever I sat down to a wonderful plate of fish sticks, french fries and some green stuff, usually broccoli,  I felt like it was a special treat. Between that and the fact I spent many recesses in the library [...]

Fall has finally arrived. There is a crisp coolness to the air and I love it. Not only does it mean that the leaves will start changing, fires will start crackling and my favorite holidays are coming up, but it also means that comfort food season is finally upon us. For me, one of my [...]

The Fried Green Tomatoes and Buttermilk Fried Chicken that I have made recently would indicate that I am on a bit of a southern food kick.  Which is kind of funny because I am a born and bred west-coaster. However, that does not mean that I don’t appreciate good classic comfort food and that is [...]

I will admit that at this time of year I miss school. I don’t miss homework but I miss buying Lisa Frank folders, pink pet erasers, finding out who was in my class and praying I didn’t get the “mean” teacher. And of course I miss lunch time, where you got to see who had [...]