Clearly I’ve been feeling all kinds of nostalgic lately, especially in the dessert department. The only sweets I’ve made in the last month are old favorites from my pre-Boston days, and here I am with yet another. It’s not like I have any shortage of dessert cookbooks lying around, but…
Mayonnaise and I have a complicated relationship. Over the years, it’s gone from love to tolerance to hatred, then back to tolerance, and now it has grown into what I think can only be described as “wuuuv… twoooo wuuuuv.” The first stage of love is easy enough to explain: I…
When I was a junior in college, I decided I wanted to major in biology. Yep– junior year. Better late than never, right? Fortunately, I’d already taken all of my required courses, and I had half of about three different majors, thanks to my first two years of dabbling in…
Here’s the thing about avoiding oven use during the summer: I just can’t do it. Oh, oven, I can’t stay mad at you! I can, however, stay mad at upper-90 degree temperatures. I’m convinced that summer is only fun for people with central air, pool or beach access, and sufficient…
Ever have a time when nothing in life seems to go right? When things just refuse to change, despite your best efforts? Me too. Here’s what I suggest in times like these. One. Try to find about five minutes at home alone. Create a ruse to get everyone out of the…
We’re going to change the pace with today’s installment and talk about a recent evening in the kitchen that ended nicely, but first went very, very poorly. As is the case with most food blogs, all the photo editing and lovely stories make it look like life is all birthday…
I’m sure this is true for everyone, but I’ve lately noticed that there’s really no rhyme or reason in how I determine which things I like and which things I don’t. Take music, for instance. I was listening to one of my favorite summer playlists on my iPod today when…
You probably wouldn’t guess it, given my obvious enthusiasm about life in a city about 1,000 miles away from all my family, but I was an incurable homebody when I was younger. The occasional sleepover at a friend’s house was fine. A week at Grandmother’s? Ok, but only because that’s…
As I mentioned in last week’s throw-together post, I have a lot of veggies coming my way this summer, thanks to a membership in the Red Fire Farm CSA. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture, which makes the phase “CSA membership” a little problematic (maybe “farm share” would be better?)….
How can I put this without sounding like a broken record? Ahhh… maybe I should just come out with it: it’s hot out there. It hasn’t been terrible so far. I have a number of…
Oh, technology. Why? Whyyyyy?? I was just wrapping up a post about a delicious dessert that I made last week, when WordPress decided to go nuts on me and delete the whole thing. Yes, bigger disasters have happened… it’s just a blog post, not something important, like a policy brief…
Well, friends, I am officially a quarter-century old. I just capped off a week of celebrations, and I am completely floored by all the love that came my way. I was regaled with phone calls, Facebook posts, songs, and cards, as well as cookbooks, records, Cheetos (of course), dishes, fancy…
The arrival of summertime is a good thing for many reasons, but one downside is that using the oven, even for a few minutes, between the months of June and September turns our apartment into a sauna. When I moved to Boston from the Deep South, I thought I was…
Oh, my friends… garlic scape season has arrived! I’ve alluded to garlic scapes at least once on this blog, but this is the first time I’ve had the actual specimen in my hand. Wanna see it? Oh, I’m totally going to show you. I think garlic scapes are some of…
Alex and I are freshly back in Boston after several days in his hometown in Kentucky. While we were there, we spent quality time with family, watched two good friends say their marriage vows, and of course, ate our collective weight in delicious, delicious food. I had granola pancakes, which…