LA Times Raise your hand with me, if you’ve ever done this… When you read about or hear people talk about how we need to feed the hungry, clothe the naked or reach out to the needy you think, oh absolutely! People should do that! The world would be a better place if we all [...]
We arrived at the cabin (the one in North Carolina where we retreat to almost every Christmas we’re in the States) about an hour ago. The winds outside are whipped up into a fury, but it’s calm and peaceful in here. I jumped on my laptop to check in with the world, and when I [...]
When I think about it, I really DO learn something new everyday. Don’t you? Here’s what I learned yesterday: 1) I have a lot of vegetable-based/vegetarian recipes I’m compiling my recipes and separating them based on what course in the meal they would be, or what the star of the dish is. While I have [...]
There’s that thing “they” say about doing the same thing, over and over again, with the expectation of a different result… That sprung to mind last week. I was asked to do something (for the second time), which I probably can’t speak about, but let’s just say it’s a show where you have to compete. [...]
(If you’re wondering about this recipe format, check out this post). Wish I had a photo of this beauty to show you, but Bren and I scarfed the whole ding dang jar all by ourselves! Really! I might have to make another batch… shouldn’t cranberries be on sale now? Because they’re oh-so expensive around Thanksgiving? [...]
You may not know this about me, but at the moment, I’m rather obsessed with makeup. I love to watch makeup videos when I’m not scouring Twitter and my Google Reader for the latest food tidbits. A few faves: my beloved Kandee, the irrepressibly cool Pixiewoo sisters, and one of the few Indian makeup tutorial-ists [...]
A few years ago, I was out of work, out of ideas and generally, out of hope. My days consisted of umpteen cups of coffee, sixteen too many re-runs of “Reba”, and cooking. With no news jobs on the docket, I had abandoned my dreams of joining Christanne Amanpour as she took on the Ayatollah. [...]