You probably know by now that I love The Pioneer Woman. She seems like a fun person to know, and she makes absolutely delicious food. I owe a lot of my cooking success to her step-by-step directions and helpful pictures. But after all of my gushing and adoration of PW, I’ll admit that I have…
Category: Cooking
Pictures of Pictures
Photography is one of my weak points. I come from a family who forgets to document things, and I proudly carry on that tradition most of the time. My most representative photographic moment in childhood was when I took a picture of my dad and two of his good friends that he only saw once…
Fall Flavor Week
A great friend got married near Ithaca, New York last weekend, and Scott and I had the pleasure of celebrating with her and her now-husband. It was gorgeous, with fall leaves everywhere and the general awesomeness of small towns and new places. As per usual, I forgot to take pictures of the trip. I’m sorry! …
Happy Tears
I was too tired to watch the end of the Olympic coverage last night, but that doesn’t mean I don’t care. When I watched the last women’s gymnastics performance this morning, I was choking back tears with Aly Raisman. It was so fantastic to watch those girls succeed at something they’ve worked at for most of…
Dark Knight (Cookies!)
Tonight is Batman night. If you’ve watched TV lately, you might have seen a trillion ads for The Dark Knight Rises, which technically comes out tomorrow. But Scott and I are going to the midnight premier tonight with a few friends. Not only that, we’re going to an IMAX marathon of all three Batman movies that…
Yard to Table
Last night’s dinner was special. It was partly because of the recipe, which tasted just like something from southern Italy. Scott and I went to Italy for our honeymoon, and we paid careful attention to dinner while we were there (and breakfast and lunch and gelato). Om nom nom. We like food. Scott is great at…
One More Thing
I’m still thinking about those raspberries. I might have to move my regular dinner time up to 5 PM. Retirement homes might have a good idea there.
Small, but valuable. 