Armida Cooks!

On Christmas night of 2006, my husband, my brother-in-law, Michael (along with Max and Lola), and myself had a barbecue--yes, a BBQ! It w...

I made mashed potatoes last night and had leftovers so I decided to make these croquettes tonight. The picture is not mine; it's from t...

Okay, I'm not sure if this is really a stew but that's what I'm calling it because you basically put all your ingredients in a ...

(Photo by Marge Perry / December 21, 2005) Sadly, the great writer Frank McCourt died today. If you don't know who he is, then I'm ...

I love fries...but what girl doesn't, right? One of my favorite kind of fries (besides truffle fries) are sweet potato fries. Since I...

About a year or so ago, my brother-in-law, Michael, came to visit us and we took him to The Prado restaurant, which is our favorite resta...

Matthew is still in Virginia and he has had some incredible seafood. He recently visited Croc's in Virginia Beach and had their black...

Last Wednesday I got home after working for 10 hours straight without a lunch break and I was starving and too lazy to go to Jack in the Bo...

There are a few dishes that I can say I'm an expert on. One of them is, of course, ceviche. Another one is the perfect rib eye steak, a...

As the holidays approach, Matt and I have been eating lots of cookies and cakes and breads and we've been going to many holiday parties...

I got this recipe from my friend, Kerry, who is a culinary genius. I slightly tweaked her original recipe because I didn't want the ...

I always know when I'm PMSing because I get an insatiable craving for garlic fries and I cry at tiny, cute things, like puppies or kitt...

I think in our past lives, my husband and I were Gypsies because we both love to travel and we don't like to stay in one place for long...

It's amazing how St. Patrick's Day is a much bigger deal here in the United States than in Ireland. But it is still so much fun. My...

Can you believe St. Patrick's Day is almost here? It seems like only yesterday that I made my first Irish-American dinner of corned beef...

I am back from my European Vacation! Sorry I didn't update my blog while I was away, but I was having so much fun in London, Paris and ...

I wanted to make my husband a good ol' meat and potatoes meal that reminded him of his hometown in Minnesota. This meal uses the Mid-wes...

In 133 days, my husband, my mom, my step-dad and I will be on our way to London, England. As you can tell, I’m terribly excited and I can’t...

The original recipe has one ripe mashed banana in it, however since my husband has an unusual fear of bananas, I ommited it from the recipe...

Cashel Blue was developed in 1984 and it is Ireland’s original artisinal blue cheese. Ireland's Beechmount Farm in the town of Tipperar...