You can certainly learn a lot about the preparation of foodstuffs by reading your favorite cookbooks, but if there’s anything I’ve gleaned from my kitchen escapades of the past few years, it’s that some of the best tips and tricks aren’t found on written pages. Rather, the most helpful nuggets of wisdom are passed [...]
The kitchen can be lonely. All the hours spent slicing and dicing, boiling and baking are not so enjoyable if you feel isolated from the rest of the world, or at the very least the rest of the house. I’ll admit, I do a bit of the Lone Ranger thing when it comes to [...]
Hi, ho barbecue! Fourth of July is coming up this Monday, and if you’re like a lot of folks gearing up to celebrate America’s birthday, you’ve got barbecues, picnics and fireworks on the mind. Unfortunately, barbecuing isn’t my area of expertise (Jared usually grabs the cooking reins any time intense fire and heat are [...]
Every time I get on the highway lately, it’s pretty clear that the season of road tripping is upon us. Not only are the mini-vans and family-friendly SUVs out in droves, but I’ve also seen more car-top carriers this month alone than any summer I can remember. Come to think of it, maybe Jared [...]
Have you ever been through one of those we-really-can’t-spend-money-seriously-we-shouldn’t kinds of months? With a cross-country move coming up at the end of July and Jared (the hubs) starting graduate school in August, we’re trying our best to save the beans we’re making now to make the transition as smooth as possible. We had actually [...]
