Category: Food

    Summertime!  And the living is easy!  And the drinking should be, too.    This Trader Joe’s Cheap Wine Pick is one of my favorites, and has been a staple of my summertime tippling …

It’s after Memorial day, the Nuni has finished first grade (!) and summer vacation is in full swing around these parts.  I am kicking off the summer by breaking my pinky toe and going slowly …

The light filled the room. The speaker, a slight woman with dark hair and the faintest trace of an accent, was talking about beauty.    I gazed behind her through wide glass doors at a …

With spring in the air, we start moving away from the heavy stews and casseroles of a cold winter into lighter fare.  With spring springing in the farmer’s markets, it’s a perfect time to explore …

It’s Pi Day!  That happy day when bakers and nerds collide!  Fun facts about Pi: 1) Pi is a number with an infinite, nonrepeating number of decimal places.  The first few are 3.1415926535 (which is …

When it comes to dinner, I’m an obsessive planner.  With a full time job and an hour commute and two kids, my dinnertime meals are regimented.  But lunch is more spur of the moment.  Not …

It’s three weeks into January.  How are your new year’s resolutions going? I’m making a concerted effort to cut down on sweet and starchy things in my diet.  I know I have a crazy sweet …