I always love spending time in NYC and with such a limited amount of it, I hit the ground running once I got settled into my hotel. This is a view from the 36th floor, by the way. I stood on the couch (barefoot, of course) and got some pretty [...]
I’ve always been a sucker for a good travel memoir, and since Ann Mah’s Mastering the Art of French Eating involved Paris, Provence and the like and the country’s most celebrated cuisine including crepes, cassoulet and all matters of cheese, well, it was practically a no-brainer. Even if I’d just [...]
Until a couple of years ago, I didn’t know just how easy it is to make homemade cranberry sauce. In the past, Crate & Barrel used to sell an incredible cranberry conserve the Barefoot Contessa whipped up, so that was easy. Open the jar, put in pretty serving dish, and [...]
I’m not quite sure how it happened so fast, but we’re now only nine days (!!!) from chowing down on turkey celebrating Thanksgiving. Considering how all the stores transitioned to all things Christmas weeks ago (yes, I actually heard “Silver Bells” while shopping the day after Halloween—absolute craziness), I think [...]
There’s nothing better than when two of your favorite foods come together and make something even tastier. Case in point: this homemade pumpkin granola. In what won’t be a surprise to anyone who knows me well, I’m a pretty ardent pumpkin enthusiast. Whether it’s in a pie, scone, latte, ravoli, [...]
I'm embarrassed to say that I got this for Christmas and (gasp!) finally got around to flipping it open this past week. Better late than never, right? Yes, I'm one of those people—the kind who practically devours cookbooks like good fiction. Like most things, I admittedly jumped on the Smitten [...]
When I was a kid, there was nothing better than a banana split or a peanut buster parfait from good ol’ Dairy Queen. What can I say? I was a girl with simple tastes. So imagine my surprise when I ordered a banana split to share with the hubby in [...]
Was downloading the pics off my phone from my recent visit to Colorado Springs, and I came across this little gem that my sister took. Oh yeah, the croissants, the flaky, buttery naughtiness that totally made our whole day. Pure heaven, I tell ya. There’s this cute little bistro in [...]
Will and I have been on the healthy eating track as of late, but to make tonight’s Greek salad with roasted shrimp (mmmm!) a little more special (it is a Saturday night, after all), I decided I’d make my own croutons with the leftover rosemary bread in the cabinet. And [...]
I can’t believe it’s already been two weeks (!!!) since we returned from our whirlwind week in NYC, but alas, it has, and I haven’t even (gasp!) downloaded our vacation pictures from my phone. But even though I’m way behind on the downloading, that doesn’t mean I can’t write about [...]
