Spicy Sweet Potato Soup

My wonderfully talented and beautiful mother made this soup for me a couple of years ago. It was love at first taste. This soup is luscious and smooth, spicy...

SA Sunday: Llandudno Beach

I think this might be my favorite beach so far. We’ve seen a lot of beaches in Cape Town, and all of them have been stunning. This one was...

Make the Most of a Whole Chicken

Whole chickens are one of my favorite things in the whole wide world to cook with. Let me rattle off a few reasons why: 1. Cost per pound, they...

Chicken Noodle Soup

So now that I’ve shared with you my favorite way to roast a chicken and then how I make chicken stock with every bit of the leftovers, I thought...

SA Sunday: Hidden Beaches, Baboons, and Penguins

Fiance really loves the beach. Like, really, really loves it. Bordering on obsession. He mostly loves warm, turquoise waters, but the beaches of Oregon did the job for most...

Homemade Chicken Stock

A few days ago I shared my favorite recipe for roasted chicken. I love roasting whole chickens, in part because they’re so delicious and very few things in life...