Coffee and Convo with Alicia on the Blog
All the things you'd talk to a friend about over a cup of coffee.
Calamata Olive Pits hard on the teeth!
Alicia bites down on a no-so-pitted olive and ends up in the dentist chair.
Love a Margarita? You've gotta try these!
Whether you love a margarita or would rather pass, you have to try these amazing drinks.Not measuring your flour correctly will ruin your cookies!
After a few readers had difficulty with Nanny Edith's Sugar Cookies, we thought this video could help with the problems.
What are you serving for the Super Bowl and where will you watch?
A little Saints, a little Stuffed Potato Skins makes the perfect Super Super Bowl combo for Alicia!
Desperately seeking the perfect travel mug: Is this too much to ask?
Alicia needs a new travel mug and can’t find one. She's hoping that you all can help.
Black-eyed Pea Salad brings good luck and great flavor!
Black-eyed Pea Salad is hearty enough to make an entree for New Year’s lunch or serves as a suitable side dish. And everybody likes it.
What’s your favorite junk food?
What's your secret craving -- the thing you can’t do without? Mine has to be Krispy Kreme donuts, but only when they are hot off the line!
Old songs stuck in my head!
What songs get stuck in your head and why?Thanksgiving imperfection? Tell us about your favorite T-Day disaster!
Alicia fesses up to her biggest Thanksgiving Day disaster, so now, what was yours?!
Come have "Coffee and Convo" with Alicia and tell us what's on your mind!
Starting today, we’re creating a new blog category exclusively for Alicia and the kinds of things you talk about with friends over coffee. It's call, appropriately, Coffee and Convo with Alicia!
Halloween Yes or Halloween No? What's it like at your house?
Is Halloween a yes or no at your house? Alicia wants to know...
For me, food is social. How about for you?
For Alicia, sharing food is, and always has been, about fellowship. To sit at the kitchen table… by myself… and just eat… with no conversation… it steals all the joy.
What's your favorite cooking show? Top Chef is tops with me!
What's you favorite television cooking show? Alicia's hooked on Top Chef ...
Home can be the best cooking school
Every time one of my girls talks about cooking, people ask me where they took cooking lessons. The answer is simple: at home.
Restaurant dining alone: Great or Grueling?
Do you ever dine in restaurants alone? Alicia had always avoided it and yet recently found herself at a pub in downtown Richmond, alone for the afternoon. It was glorious.
What's in the kitchen floor says a lot about the cook?
What’s on my kitchen floor ... I used to have to step over toddlers and toys. Now it’s just my dog, Zoe, and me in the kitchen….
Kids in the kitchen make happy memories!
Ever since the kids were small, they have helped me cook. When Hannah was 4, I taught her how to make coffee. Tell us about your kids and what they help you do in the kitchen.
Be Brave in the Kitchen
Cooking at home is still the most economical way to feed your family. We know this, we wrote a whole book on it. But the fact remains that if you are not willing to be brave in the kitchen, you’re going to go nowhere and do nothing. But you still have to feed your family.
I Still Cook Large
When the kids leave home the old recipes just make too much. We're looking for solutions to "cooking large"...
Disconnecting from Being So Connected
If work and personal time blend as experts predict, it may allow flexibility but when are we going to get the time to disconnect?
