Sometimes, actually a lot of the time, I wish the food world was a bit more transparent about what you are buying. All kinds of things are advertised as healthy that actually aren’t. All kinds of things are said to be environmentally friendly that perhaps aren’t as sustainable and green as you might expect. And…
Yesterday was mine and Gerrit’s anniversary. Despite how much I love holidays, things like birthdays and anniversaries aren’t actually as important to me as you might expect. Sure, I enjoy them, but I don’t really hold constantly big expectations like I do on say, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Gerrit and I agreed that we weren’t going…
I have a vegetable roasting problem. Mostly I just want to roast all of them all the time and I think perhaps I have forgotten that there is any other way to cook vegetables (although I am starting to believe that there is no other way to cook them that is nearly as delicious). And…
If anything has been a theme for us this summer, it has been this sangria. We have been drinking it constantly at parties and regular old dinners at my parents’ house and, most recently, while we watched the Olympic Opening Ceremonies. It is fruity and tropical and (aside from my beloved blackberry sangria, which I…
I’ve never really been a big moon pie person. Apparently though, they are the Southern pre-packaged food. All of my Northern friends who have spent any time in the South (ok, that’s not that many) are obsessed with moon pies. Me? I’m a little more inclined to Little Debbies, which used to get packed into…