I get tons of feedback on here and on facebook about people making the MAD Hungry recipes or their riffs on them. We’re going to start a new part of the blog where we show YOUR Mad Hungry Meals. Send your pics, riffs and stories to madhungrylsq@gmail.com & we’ll post! Below is from Mary Beth… View Article

I get tons of feedback on here and on facebook about people making the MAD Hungry recipes or their riffs on them. We’re going to start a new part of the blog where we show YOUR Mad Hungry Meals. Send your pics, riffs and stories to madhungrylsq@gmail.com & we’ll post! Below is from MAD Hungry… View Article

[picasa username=”lsq713″ albumname=”BoysFishing”] After a busy working summer, I am so happy to be out of the city with the family hanging at the beach, on the water, in the kitchen, at the bookstore, on my bicycle–all on a ten day holiday. I disconnected for all but a few of those days which I highly… View Article

[picasa username=”lsq713″ albumname=”BlueberryCutiePies”] My brother Peter’s family spends a lot of time together around activities that lead to delicious eating. Last week they went blueberry picking on Cape Cod and made this blueberry pie. My first question was about the crust–which recipe did they use because the crust came out so nice. They went to… View Article

This weekend my cousin Jed Scala and his significant other Paula Wardynski hosted a weekend family reunion for the Scala, Bachner and Alberti branches of the Ferlo/Scala clan at their beautiful home in the Berkshire’s in Massachussets. When we were little, there were many of these hosted by the old timer Italians who brought endless… View Article

How happy I was to come home to dinner tonight–shopped for and cooked by hubs. Served and cleaned up for by first born son. SOmetimes–SOMEtimes things work out how you hoped and prayed they might. All that training, and I do mean good home training pays off now and then. THanks boyzzz. All recipes from… View Article

In case you don’t know (and if you care)–Laura Munson exactly sums up the challenging, beautiful nuances of being with teens today in this NYT’s article today.

[picasa username=”lsq713″ albumname=”NYCHome”] Hey readers of this blog out there-here’s what’s up. (Btw, who are you???). Big news I’ve been sitting on is about the show, MHTV on The Hallmark Channel. Read all about it here where the Daily News writes a really nice piece. So we start shooting the show this summer but meanwhile–there… View Article

[picasa username=”lsq713″ albumname=”CQGraduationWeekend”] See the awesome food/entertaining June issue of Martha Stewart Living. It contains the story of our first born sons college graduation from the University of Vermont. I fell in love with Vermont when he first started going there and went every chance I got. Burlington, where its located, on Lake Champlain (one… View Article

[picasa username=”lsq713″ albumname=”AnActualDate510″] Mostly on Friday nights after a long work week I long to get home to my family, have a drink, cook dinner and just chill right out. I choose my nights out carefully, for work and even pleasure because I just love my home and everyone in it–what can I say. I’m… View Article

I came across this picture of one of the high school graduation brunches I gave after the actual ceremony on a beautiful sunny day in June, something for the kids, parents, aunts, grandparents etc. The salmon recipe I’ve used to cure fresh salmon is included in this great story on personal palletes in the May… View Article

[picasa username=”lsq713″ albumname=”LQBday2010″] May 4th, one of the 4 most amazing days of my life. Thank-you universe for this third boy treasure. He’s the one pictured with his pops. Dinner celebration at Locanda Verde, NYC.

When I was told the guys were barbecuing and all I had to do was make the potato salad and burger fixings, I was psyched. I believed them. Still it was a bicker-fest between neo-big-green-egg-expert hubs and first born son who I understood was, “maning the grill.” I can grill better than both of them… View Article

[picasa username=”lsq713″ albumname=”Moregon”] Portland Oregon and environs would be a great vacation spot for a anyone but especially a family. Within one hour-your reach the coast from Portland. Veer south and its the home of American Pinot Noir. Fort-five minutes east from the city and you’re on the Columbia river gorge with spectacular waterfalls &… View Article

[picasa username=”lsq713″ albumname=”BreakfastAndTheOregonCoast”] First things first. Check out this immaculately baked croissant from Kens Artisan Bakery. Hard and crispy on the outside, puffed up like helium yet–on the inside hollow with airy moist layers. All the reports were right–this with a cup of coffee from Stumptown–could not have been a better treat before heading out… View Article

[picasa username=”lsq713″ albumname=”PokPokPortland”] Lunch at Pok Pok Thai restaurant in Portland is without a doubt the most real and exciting Thai food I’ve eaten in America. Each dish had a completely different flavor (not just more or less salty, sweet or spicy–most often the case in Thai resto’s). For the curry noodle dish–the coconut milk… View Article

Have arrived in Portland, Oregon for the IACP (International association of culinary professionals) conference, an annual event which has about 1,000 attendees who visit local food interests, gather for classes and lectures from noted colleagues, and gather to celebrate the cookbook awards on Thursday. Portland is a fantastic food town with phenomenal local resources. Lunch at… View Article

I cracked up last week watching Tina Fey on SNL doing her opening monologue where she riffed on the question of how she “juggles it all.” Out paraded a cast of characters mimicking all the support she has in her life (or at least what we think she might have in order to be a… View Article

Richie’s ribs are on p. 165 of MH but if you don’t have the book and need the recipe–check some of the news feeds on the right of this blog because the recipe is excerpted somewhere. Tis the season to be ribbin’ it. This rub is so fresh (in the rapper sense of the word)… View Article

Harry just can’t contain himself or the boys from digging into dessert before the salad! Click to watch the full segment on CBS of cooking with boys and men.