In case you haven’t noticed in the dozens of post I’ve done on the matter, I get food nostalgia. I have so many memories of specific dishes, recipes, smells, that remind me of different times in my life. This is an odd one though. There are few foods that I remember loving as much as [...]
While at my mom’s the other day watching the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup (!!!!!!), we were reminiscing about healthy recipes I enjoyed as a kid. She reminded me of a few that you’ll be seeing in days to come, but one really stuck in my mind because it was not only easy, but I [...]
I hope you all had a wonderful Memorial Day, whatever it was that you did with your day I spent much of the morning relaxing and baking bread for my mom’s barbecue this afternoon. I ended up making two types of bread since I thought the first didn’t come out well…but I was wrong! Type [...]
Last night was our annual Passover seder, and as usual, it was incredibly fun and full of amazing family, friends, and of course, food! I wrote briefly about our Passover seder last year, and looking back, I really didn’t do that great of a job explaining exactly what the holiday entails! That’s why I waited [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope you all had a wonderful day, whether attached or not… After being surprised with a mani/pedi from one of my favorite spas, Adam and I spent a relaxing day at the public library and doing our taxes, and then got going on tonight’s special romantic meal. It’s such a stereotype: [...]
I mentioned yesterday that it had been three years exactly since my grandma passed away, and that she, along with my mom, are two of the main reasons that I learned to cook and love food. I decided some time ago that today, the Friday evening after the anniversary of her passing, that I would [...]