Butter makes the world go round. It’s love captured in a consumable. It enhances everything: the salve to a dry, forgotten piece of bread; the savior to a pot of plain ole mashed potatoes. Butter makes them all sing in a way that demands your attention. It’s the glamorous makeover for your ordinary, turning into … [Read more…]
Christmas time is cookie time in my family. Not only is it a tradition to gather in my mom’s kitchen and bake together, but we do it with a purpose–to share those treats with our extended family on Christmas Day. My sister and I have been doing this for nearly 20 years now and I … [Read more…]
Disclosure: OXO provided me with the potato ricer and zester used to prepare this recipe. No further compensation was received. All opinions remain my own. I have some exciting news! I may not be around much this weekend because I’ll be attending Big Summer Potluck in Bucks County, Pennsylvania! Yup, my first food bloggers’ conference! … [Read more…]
Those of you who have been following for a while now will know that I don’t have much patience for the prettying up of food. Presentation matters, but if you’re spending forever and a day making a meal look perfect and it will be devoured in 5 minutes or less, that seems like a little … [Read more…]
A Big storm requires a BIG thank you, especially when you rely entirely upon others to answer your call for help! 28 inches. That’s the official total for how much snow my area of the state received. Some were higher–my mother-in-law’s town struggled under 40 inches of the white stuff–but most of us were in … [Read more…]