“In the last 10 years or so, cooking has become my main ancillary passion in life.” While I, too, enjoy cooking – and it has become a passion of mine within the past 10 years – this quote is not mine. It’s Gwyneth’s. You know…Gwyneth Paltrow. The actress, turned singer,…
What’s up with infomercials, anyway—by the way, have you tried the Perfect Brownie Pan? I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for me to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. This post may contain…
In the early days of blogging I was jealously happily watching the live tweets from food blogger, Alice Currah, who was attending the International Food Blogging Conference (IFBC) in Seattle, Wash., in 2010. One of her tweets in the stream said something to the effect of: “Will Write for Food is one of…
I was reading an article on HuffingtonPost.com yesterday that made its rounds on Twitter: Taking Candy From Strangers: The Best & Worst Halloween Treats. It made me think about the stash I used to end up with at the end of a night of trick-or-treating, and how some candy was irresistible,…
I’m in a small book club with a few girlfriends and we meet as often as we’re able to breeze through books. That’s the upside to being in a smaller club; we’re not tied to a specific time frame to finish each book. The downside to being laid-back is that…
I have a confession to make. Eat, Pray, Love is sitting on my bookshelf, collecting dust, unread past the middle of “Pray.” Unlike the woman at the bookstore, I haven’t grown bored of the book. I just ran out of time after vacation in early August, with all the other…