Posts by James Smith

If you’ve ever bitten into a sugar cookie so soft it practically sighed back at you, then you already understand why I obsess over soft Christmas sugar cookies every single December. And honestly,...

I’ll be honest with you right from the start — I don’t mess around when it comes to lasagna. I grew up in one of those loud, chaotic, very “everyone has an opinion” Italian-American...

I’ll be totally honest with you — I’m not above showing off in the dessert department. When I invite friends over, I like that moment when someone takes a bite and goes, “Wait… YOU made...

If you’ve ever walked into a gathering and thought, “Wow, this place needs help… and maybe a warm bowl of cheese,” then you’re totally my kind of people. I swear, nothing fixes a dull party...

If you’ve ever needed a dessert that makes people stop mid-conversation and go, “Wait… who made THIS?”—then let me introduce you to my ride-or-die sweet dish: the Black Forest Trifle. I...

Let me be a little dramatic for a second — the first time I made an avocado grilled cheese, I genuinely questioned every sandwich I had eaten before that day. I mean, how did I go decades without...