I know that the kitchen can be a scary, overwhelming place that is full of weirdly shaped utensils that seemingly have no purpose. While some gadgets are important, I find it hard to buy something that serves one purpose, has …

Happy Debate/Election season, y’all! I don’t know about you, but I love a reason to gather my friends around and have snacks, so I’m hosting a debate party tonight to watch, munch, and enjoy what should be an interesting debate. …

Don’t you wish that recipes would include the time it takes to chop the vegetables in their estimate of how long it’s going to take you? I mean, if you have to cut up jalapeno, ginger, scallions, chicken, and cabbage, …

As many of you know, I am committed to eating locally. This means that aside from a few special requests (read: banana cream pie) I haven’t had a banana in a few years. I try to get all my produce …

So by now, most of you probably have Pinterest, and probably love using it to browse home decor, style, pictures of cute babies, and party ideas. But here at GMS, we use it for (surprise, surprise) food! So how can …

As we roll into autumn, I want to focus on winter squash for the next month. Jeff loves spaghetti squash, and I suspect we’ll see it at the farmer’s market in a week or two – we’ve already seen pumpkins, …

I was recently at TJ’s when I spied this hot Italian sausage. Don’t mind if I do…despite my aversion to spicy things! I took the meat out of its casings (I think better this way, no?) and sauteed with a …

Peach Smoothie. milk, frozen yogurt, peaches, frozen blueberries, peanut butter. blend until smooth.  

Kelly of Studio DIY recently invited me to Blognic – a pot luck style picnic for LA bloggers! It was the first event I’d been to with other LA bloggers, and with Corelyn by my side (more on that, later) we headed …

Most of the time, I use recipes I’ve found online, in a cookbook or magazine, or seen on a show. I usually edit them a bit to my tastes – less salt, more vegetables, no cilantro, etc. But to make …