Mom’s Visit to Boca: Brio, Two George’s. DaDa’s

Mother-daughter relationships are interesting. When you’re in middle and high school, you don’t want anything to do with your mom. Then you go to college and you start to tolerate her more, mostly because you aren’t living with her anymore. Then you graduate college and move out on your own, in my case many states […]

A Little Taste of Italy: Lunch at Maggiano’s

By now you should know my friend, Kristy, who has been mentioned in quite a few of my posts. It’s great having her in Florida with me. We are both complete Jersey Girls at heart, but we love our new lives down here. While we both love to cook and bake, we never shy away from going out […]

Grilled Chicken & Squash/Zucchini Casserole

I am still pretty new at this whole cooking thing, so every now and then things don’t go as planned. I recently cooked a dinner of grilled chicken and a squash and zucchini casserole. The casserole came out great, but the chicken was a little overcooked. I have a fear of not cooking chicken well […]

Last Meals of 2011: Renzo’s, Calypso, Villagio’s

It is a new year, but I haven’t forgotten the restaurants I visited as 2011 came to a close. The last couple weeks of the year were spent at a few new places in the area. Each of these dinners was a celebration of some sort and all very well-deserving of a good meal. Let’s […]