It’s been a bit of a long haul from then to now, but I’m back, baby. A lot of stuff has happened.
I’m Back, Baby!
The Merry Bagel Chase (Or, That Time I Baked Hockey Pucks)
Holidays with family usually involve recounting embarrassing stories of each other. This past New Year’s Eve, one of my earliest baking attempts managed to make the “remember when….” list. Perhaps not quite as memorable as the Swedish Chef (from the Muppet Show) shooting holes into his bagels, was the story of the time I tried…
Food Challenges: Hypocrisy or a Lesson in Judgement?
I’ve got people firing cannon shots at me over my decision to put my family on a version of the SNAP challenge for the month of May. I am a hypocrite, some say, for being a middle-class person “pretending to be poor.” If you believe this is true of me, here is what I say to…
The Littlest Accountant
Hubs and I have an ongoing joke about kidlet: he’s probably going to be an accountant someday. If you ask him what he wants to be when he grows up, the answer is vague. I suppose that’s okay; after all, mommy never exactly figured out what she really wanted to do with her life either…
Once Upon a Time, I Wanted to Write Books
In the category of “things you probably don’t know about me,” like many most writers, I knew I wanted to write for years. This was something that was encouraged, and even lauded as part of a familial tradition. My grandfather was a writer, although he was more of the historian persuasion–he’s actually responsible for a…
Things I Didn’t Do Because of #NaBloPoMo
It’s November 30, which means that today is the last day of #NaBloPoMo. So you’re probably thinking: THANK ZEUS! I know I am. I have been just about running dry on ideas. My house needs to be cleaned. My cats are feeling neglected. I’ve got a persistent twitch in my left eyeball. All the fun…
Things I Read Thursday – Bad Romance
Most of my reading the last little bit has been taken up with reading and shopping for cookbooks, which is SUPER exciting, I know! Mostly it involves looking for ideas that haven’t been done to death for a new twist or an old classic, especially now that I’m writing for YMC. Oh, right, I…
2 Pairs of Underwear: Better Than One
Lately, kidlet has been wearing two pairs of underwear at every opportunity. I can tell, because he also runs around in just his underwear at every opportunity, usually with his arms jammed down the leg-holes of the superfluous pair (don’t ask, I don’t know, but at LEAST it’s through the superfluous pair). Incidentally, this has required…
The Celebrity Dinner
I made it about 1/3 of the way through #NaBloPoMo before my brain failed me and I ran out of something to talk about. It could have something to do with the fact that I’ve used up all my food recipes and haven’t made anything new yet, because when your nose is stuffed, it’s hard…
The Food Bloggy Bucket List
You know the best part about #NaBloPoMo? I realized I have about 40 posts in drafts that are in some random stage of completion. I guess this is a perfect opportunity to clean them out. So I found this one where I started writing about things that I want to do as a food blogger/kitchen…