I went to a very small liberal arts college in New England. It was old. The basement had dark, drippy tunnels and there were rumored to be ghosts in the older buildings on campus. It was a place that was full of artsy hippy type people from Connecticut and California. There would be big parties […]
Martha Stewart
Chicken Tortilla Bake
I am a magazineaholic. I am especially fond of the small, adorable ones sized almost like a journal or iPad mini. The copies of British Vogue or British Glamour that you can find at select stores that are so convenient to take along on your daily travels. I fell in love with them about ten […]
Pumpkin Pistachio Cupcakes with Brown Sugar Frosting
Last weekend we set out to make applesauce cupcakes. We had the perfect red cupcake holders. The perfect idea for how to photograph the finished cupcake. The car was packed with all of our baking supplies and we headed out on our hour long drive for a weekend away only to arrive and find there […]
Edamame Pecan Pesto with Turkey Pancetta Meatballs
We like to think of our cookbooks as reference material (this helps us justify buying them just because). Something we use for inspiration. We have seemed to accumulate quite a few and, although we sit with them every day, we do not always open them up. We have decided to make an effort to cook […]
Cherry Almond Tea Cakes
We’ll be honest…things don’t always go according to plan. The plan was to make these amazing cupcakes- follow a recipe- tweak it the end…and it was a big, fat fail. The batter oozed all over the oven and left a hardened mess on our cupcake tins. So…plan two. Make the next cupcake on our […]