New Year’s Eve, December 31st, 2013. New Year’s Eve is a time for looking back and counting the blessings of the past year. But, since this post goes live on January 1st – the time for looking forward and beginning anew, I’ll try to bridge the gap. I am making a new beginning this January […]
WanderFood Wednesday: An Unexpected Gift
Sometimes, Santa Claus takes the form of book publicists. I’m convinced. Because, on Christmas Eve, I received one of my favorite all-time Christmas gifts: Put an Egg on It: 70 Delicious Dishes That Deserve a Sunny Topping by Lara Ferroni. According to the handwritten note tucked inside the front cover, Haley (the publicist/Santa’s elf) stumbled across […]
WanderFood Wednesday: The First and Last Gingerbread House
In 2007, my then boyfriend (now husband) and I got ambitious: We would build gingerbread houses. He had a recipe for good, sturdy gingerbread walls and royal icing that could effectively mortar real bricks if we needed it to. What we didn’t have is a Kitchen Aid Mixer. Have you ever tried to mix hard […]