“Making dinner for Wayne is either the easiest thing or the hardest thing on the planet, depending on how you look at… — Stacey Ballis Copy Share Image
“We'll start with oysters on the half shell and homemade salt-and-pepper potato chips, just to whet the appetites. Then a wedge salad… — Stacey Ballis Appetizer Copy Share Image
“In the center of the table is a classic deli platter of lox and tuna salad with all the fixings, bagels, and… — Stacey Ballis Copy Share Image
“Volnay is prancing, head up proudly; her squat little bowlegs producing a smooth gait that would make the dog show people preen.… — Stacey Ballis Animal Copy Share Image
“Andrea is coming to pick me up in about thirty minutes to head to her folks' house for Thanksgiving. I've got buttery… — Stacey Ballis Apple pie Copy Share Image
“What is it?" "It's a Thermomix." "That crazy cooking-blender thing you were telling me about?" "The very one." I've been coveting this… — Stacey Ballis Copy Share Image
“RJ gets to work in the kitchen on the dinner he is preparing, allowing me to sous chef. He seasons duck breasts… — Stacey Ballis Copy Share Image
“Three square tiers of hazelnut cake filled with caramel mousse and sliced poached pears, sealed with vanilla buttercream scented with pear eau-de-vie.… — Stacey Ballis Copy Share Image
“The next forty minutes are a festival of soul eating. I know many immigrant families incorporate their traditional dishes into the Thanksgiving… — Stacey Ballis Apple pie Copy Share Image
“I feed Volnay, who eats in her unusual way, delicately removing one piece of kibble at a time from her bowl, placing… — Stacey Ballis Copy Share Image
“Over the years I've done everything from small organization units in condo closets with sliding doors, to one massive one-thousand-square-foot duplex closet… — Stacey Ballis Copy Share Image
“On the coffee table is a bottle of Madeira, a plate of dark chocolates, a bowl of tiny tangerines. He opens a… — Stacey Ballis Copy Share Image
“There will be a cauldron of spiced hot cider, and pumpkin shortbread fingers with caramel and fudge dipping sauces as our freebies,… — Stacey Ballis Candy Copy Share Image
“Yeah, just what I needed, a massive three-day Hostess binge, followed by a week of trying to replicate recipes so that if… — Stacey Ballis Copy Share Image
“Jack was the kind of guy you could take into any situation and he would figure out how to fit in. Wayne,… — Stacey Ballis Autistic Copy Share Image
“Between culinary school, a year and a half of apprentice stages all over the world in amazing restaurants, ten years as the… — Stacey Ballis Copy Share Image
“With the heady scent of yeast in the air, it quickly becomes clear that Langer's hasn't changed at all. The black-and-white-checked linoleum… — Stacey Ballis Bakery Copy Share Image
“In ten minutes I am at the massive Whole Foods on Kingsbury. I go to the salad bar. I fill containers with… — Stacey Ballis Chopped Copy Share Image
“There is a gate across the entrance, which Liam moves aside for me, and there is a scrabbling noise as a red… — Stacey Ballis Dogs Copy Share Image
