For a long time I have wanted to be the kind of person who could have people over for dinner at a moment’s notice. I have wanted to be spontaneous with my hospitality. But to be honest, this goes against the core of who I am in one way: a planner. I meal plan and…
Category: pasta
So right now I am reading Bread and Wine by Shauna Niequist. It is full of so many lovely thoughts about food and gathering with people we love. It is about the holy act of hospitality. It is about how life does not always hand us what we expect. It is about letting go of…
I have spent a lot of time feeling stressed lately. To which, I guess my response to myself is that is tax season so…what should I expect? (My mom said that is my dad’s answer to everything right now. “It’s tax season.”) I only work part time, but working part time through tax season while…
Macaroni and cheese and I have a very long history together, so let me give you a short summary. When I was growing up I LOVED the boxed stuff. So much so that as a little kid, when my grandmother made homemade macaroni and cheese for me, I was disappointed that it was not the…
This post is about a year late (sorry). Ever since our trip to Italy last summer I have been wanting to make the perfect carbonara at home. I had it once in Rome, at a little restaurant that really catered more to tourists than it did to actual Romans I think, but it was still…