Just look at this place. How could you resist? We stumbled across it in the Back Bay area of downtown. Any handmade sweet treat your heart desires plus delightful gifts to bring back home for the neighbor that got your mail or your housesitter! L.A. Burdick Chocolate Shop & Tea Room http://www.burdickchocolate.com/chocolateshop-cafe-boston.aspx 220 Clarendon St. [...]

Tender pockets full of melt-in-your-mouth sweet, smoky, soft pumpkin coated with an aromatic cream. Every now and then, I create a recipe that even leaves me pleasantly surprised. With sheer determination and thought and no experience or research, this very autumn ravioli and decadent sauce turned out so well. It is certifiably a gourmet meal and [...]

I created this smoothie a day after I returned from travel and desperately needed to reinstate some health. It is clean and mild without any one strong flavor. Included are some of my favorite things that I consider to be superfoods. Greens: mix of baby kale, baby spinach, and baby swiss chard (folate, iron, calcium, vitamins) [...]