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Steamy Kitchen Cookbook Review and Garlic Butter Noodles with Shrimp
I have a little bit of a cookbook problem. You see, when we moved to our current home, we dedicated a reasonable sized bookcase to the cookbooks. It had four shelves, was about two and a half feet...
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Giveaway, The Auberge of the Flowering Hearth and Endive Salad with Bacon
As I may have mentioned before, I generally receive a several cookbooks for major gift-giving occasions. This isn’t surprising; after all, I have a known cookbook problem, and I have several cookbooks...
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Cookbook Review: Fika and Rhubarb Cordial
I am used to thinking I am an anglophile. And I am a sometimes francophile (which is a heritable trait), but it turns out I am also a raving swedophile. The evidence?I go to Ikea for fun. The...
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Totally Classic Potato Salad
There are certain foods that just scream “summer.” Tomato sandwiches, of course. Corn on the cob. Watermelon. Peach ice cream. And potato salad.Of course, potato salad isn’t necessarily seasonal...
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What I’m Reading – May, June, July 2015
I got seriously behind on these reading posts, and not because I haven’t been reading! A lot of these are new (or new to me) offerings from authors I’ve read before, so it was interesting to compare...
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Eat Like It’s Summertime
There’s no denying it. We are on the last gasp of summer. Children are back in school. Labor day is around the corner. Even in Los Angeles, where the heat will continue for a month or two, the...
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What I’m Reading: Cookbooks!
I know I am late on another What I’m Reading post (and a lot of other things) but I thought I’d do a roundup of some other fun reading I’ve been doing/using lately – Cookbooks! I thought I’d give you...
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My Latest Obsessions
Temperamentally, I tend towards moderation. I like to vary my menus, I rarely binge-watch TV shows, I don’t wear the same clothes, or the same shoes, every day. There are a few things that catch my...
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Things that are important
My father would have turned 69 last weekend. Sixty nine doesn’t seem that old to me – my grandmother is ninety three and still going strong – but in January, it will be five years since we lost him.I...
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Stocking Stuffing for Grownups
Christmas morning has always had a very specific progression in our household. At some godawful early hour of the morning, the children wake up the parents (or, in my case, since my dad was always up...
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Making Sense of Your Money This Holiday Season with Capital One
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Presents, parties, pantomimes. Tickets to the Nutcracker. Messiah singalongs. Party dresses. Warm coats. Toys for Tots and toys for your tots. Live Christmas...
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What I’m Reading – Fall 2015 and Top 10 Books of 2015
It has been a while, hasn’t it? My pace of reading has slowed again, because knitting (and Christmas knitting, which was a whole other ballgame) but also because I delved into some more...
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2016: Strength
I’m not one for resolutions.Every year I’m tempted – the allure of the clean slate makes me want to rise anew as a better (smarter, richer, more organized, and yes, thinner) person. But I’ve learned by...
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Making Sense of your Money with Capital One 2: My Family’s New Year’s Goals
Back in December, I shared with you how we use 360 Savings from Capital One to help keep our financial house in order. I’m back in January to tell you how Capital One is helping our family achieve...
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