Mmmmm… pasta. When fall starts rolling in and the temperature starts dropping, one of my favorite comfort foods is a nice big bowl of pasta with red sauce. This is a classic southern Italian dish, and one of my favorite ways to spice up normal tomato sauce. I love the saltiness of the olives,...
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I am very excited to share this recipe with you guys today. First off, this is a perfect picnic recipe for the beautiful weather we’ve been having lately. It’s light, delicious, and if you decide to go for your own homemade grilled artichokes, a great reason to light up the grill, or use that...
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I love mac ‘n cheese- even the blue box stuff (preferably with Spongebob noodles). It’s a quick and easy fix, you get to use real butter (even I draw the line at Easy Mac), and it’s cheap as all get out. But I cannot overstate how crazy easy this recipe is- and how much...
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Hi! How’s everyone’s April been? For me the last month or so has been bananas. I started a new job at Showtime, working on mobile projects, which is pretty exciting for me and I’m so thrilled to be there. I’ve also been working really hard on my new business with my business partner/friend Anya,...
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Ever have those moments where it seem like the universe chooses the exact moment you want to get something done really badly, to conspire against you at every turn? No? I might be paranoid. Probably not the greatest way to start a post with the words “crazy” and “mally” in it.
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Most of us the East Coast just went through a pretty sizable emotional (and environmental) rollercoaster these past few days. First off, last Tuesday I experienced my very first earthquake. Although thankfully the area didn’t sustain much damage to speak of, it still left most of New York City in an absolute frenzied panic...
Read more →Ever feel like you’re just too healthy? Eat too many vegetables? Keeping tabs on your cholesterol, heart rate, and body-fat ratio excites you a little too much? (Yeah, me neither.) Exhibit A: the Cure for the Common Diet.
Read more →Even though I gave up drinking alcohol for Lent, I still seem to be going through bottles of wine and handles of vodka with abandon. Either my cat is a closet wino (possible), or I didn’t realize how much I love to cook with booze! Seriously… whether it’s beer braised pork chops, boeuf bourguignon,...
Read more →If I could be any other woman for a day, it would be Ree Drummond, better known as the Pioneer Woman. But only for a day, because I am a City Girl and things like camping and hiking and farm animals and a lack of specialty food stores for miles around around kinda turn...
Read more →For some reason, whenever I think of pistachios, I am instantly brought back to my childhood, sitting in my parents’ lap, trying my hardest to pry open those smooth, beige shells to get at the salty-yet-somewhat-sweet greenish-violet nuts inside. A very distinct memory I have is from when I was around 6 or 7...
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