PB, and J. Peanut, peanut butter….and jelly! Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Peanut butter and grape jelly sandwiches. Yum! Peanut butter and jelly is the sandwich of my life. My comfort food. The delicacy I associate, …
The Sandwich of My Life
Ode to a Café Du Monde Beignet
A visit to New Orleans, however brief it may be and whatever the season, is not complete without a visit to the legendary Café Du Monde for iced coffee and beignets. Though I can’t properly spell …
The Unexpected, But Delightful Rest Stops On the Way to New Orleans and Back
When you’re on the road, one rest stop tends to be as good as the next one. McDonald’s, Starbucks, 7-11 – it’s all the same, and it’s what we’ve all come to expect when traveling by …
These Well Designed Specialty Cookbooks Will Bring Out Your Inner Food Expert
I love good design. And I love it even more in paper form. Which brings me to these fantastic small-format cookbooks called Short Stack. Each one focuses on a single food and according to their site …
The Five Recipes I’m Cooking for Super Bowl Sunday
I do not celebrate Super Bowl Sunday for the football, but I do see it as a holiday akin to Thanksgiving. It’s a day that us Americans turn the television on in every room, with the …
It’s Starting to Feel Spooky!
The mums are out, the leaves are changing, and now that it’s October I’ve got my mind on one thing – Halloween!! I’ve been working like a maniac on my costume lately (excited to reveal it …
A Visit to Saint-Tropez’s Farmers Market
After living in San Francisco for years and being spoiled by some of the best produce in the world, I now have an obsession with farmers markets. Next to harvesting vegetables straight from the farm, the …
What I’ve Learned from a Month of Eating Clean(ish)
It’s been a little over a month since I started working with a nutritionist, and though the method we’re using is pretty straight forward (eat fruit, veggies, and not much else), there’s still a few unexpected …
48 Hours in Montréal
A few weeks back we decided on an impromptu trip to Montréal. It was still cool and gloomy at home and summer wasn’t quite here, so Jon suggested we go someplace new for a few days. …
The Best Hot Chocolate in Santa Fe
Years ago, on my first trip to Santa Fe, while taking in the red adobe of the Palace of the Governors and considering whether fringe jackets could be a real look for me, I came across the …