Remember me?? I used to be this food and cooking blogger that wrote every day… yeah, pretty much, this summer is kicking my butt! I’ve been busy and beyond exhausted, but hopefully things will calm down soon. So, by popular demand… 224: Campers in attendance 10: Campers in my group 2: Campers that put clothing [...]
I’d been looking forward to June 26 for a long time. Besides the fact that it was my dad’s birthday (happy late birthday Dad!), it was the scheduled night for our bi-monthly meeting of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pans! We decided at our last meeting that our next culinary stop would be Latin America, [...]
I’ve talked a few other times about “recipe trust”. You know, those people that, when they send you a recipe, you know it must be tried? I’ve got a few people that I trust unconditionally when it comes to recipes. Well, my mom is one of those people. I don’t know that there’s ever been [...]
My senior year of college, my mom and I went out to Denver to visit my sister in culinary school. It was on that trip that I discovered the importance of hydration at higher altitudes, the importance of having a destination in mind when setting out for dinner, and the true wonder that are fish [...]
When I was about 12 years old, my family and I took a road trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. I have vivid memories of being crammed in the back seat of our 1986 Volvo, driving at breakneck speed across I-80 from Chicago due east, making random stops along the way. For example: Had to [...]
Operation re-do the blog is nearly complete! Thanks for all your feedback! Some of the comments I got were about how messy my pictures were from yesterday… so tonight’s will make up for that, promise! I’ve been thinking for weeks about what I would make for my Make It Better website recipe feature and really [...]