Armida Cooks!

I made these hermit bars for Matthew. I sent them to him in a care package because apparently these bars hold up pretty well when mailing t...

I do not know what it is, but I'm in a homemade kick right now. Perhaps it's the pregnancy hormones; maybe it's my motherly lov...

I made this super easy meal using my homemade Italian sausage. It's ridiculously easy and the broccoli rabe adds a nice mild bitter fl...

I have been getting spoiled by my husband lately. Maybe it's because I'm carrying his child; perhaps because I'm very emotional ...

I haven't been watching much Rachael Ray on Food Network lately only because she had begun to annoy me (just like Paula Deen). I truly ...

In Chef Melissa Mayer's cooking class that I attended last week, she briefly talked about the competition she was in with the Food Netw...

When my brothers and I were little, my dad and Elaine used to take us chichinos (our tias gave us that nickname) to the Old Spaghetti Facto...

Believe it or not, I'm not very good at cooking pork chops. I have a love/hate relationship with this meat because I tend to either ove...

Many moons ago I had the best cheesecake at an Italian restaurant in the North End in Boston. I don't remember which restaurant it was,...

I have been craving watermelon a lot...I mean A LOT, but it's still a little pricey over here. I bought a half of a watermelon instead...

I was watching the show Man vs. Food on the Travel Channel and the host traveled to Minneapolis to taste the famous juicy Lucy at Matt'...

My husband did an awesome job with our backyard, but I think my favorite part (besides the cob-oven) are all the herbs and fruit and veget...

Ever since I got knocked up, my nausea caused my culinary adventures to be on hold for a while (hence, not too many recipes lately in case ...

I bought a bunch of nice looking leeks at the farmer's market this weekend, and when I got home I didn't know what to do with them....

Ever since we got our cob-oven, I've been obsessed with the perfect pizza. To me, a perfect pizza is thin crust that is crispy on the o...