Recession Recipes

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone is surrounded by loved ones and the kitchen is full of laughter and good smells! Thanksgiving is my favourite holiday of the year. There is no pressure to buy the perfect present: All you have to do is eat, drink, and smile until your heart’s content.
Although 2009 has so far [...]

Carlo and I got married in Napa, California a year ago today. Hands down, it was one of the most magical days in my life. Not only did I get to marry the most awesome man in the world, but I got to do it surrounded by a group of close family and friends. Everything [...]

I finally got around to reading Michael Pollan’s article, Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch, which was published in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine. As usual Pollan is on top form in writing about the demise of home cooking and the paradoxical rise in watching TV shows about food and eating. He begins the [...]

Recession Recip.es was the brain child of my husband Carlo in November 2008 as the economic crisis loomed. We both love to eat great food and drink good wine, and for the last 8.5 years, we have eaten our way around the world together. We believe that good food and wine don’t have to [...]