Tonight’s dinner was inspired by a scene in Eat, Pray, Love. I just loved the scene when Liz Gilbert sits and dines al fresco in a cafe somewhere in Rome, Italy. They give her this amazing looking bowl of pasta and she has a lot of fun eating it. It looked divine. I had to…… Continue reading My Take on Bolognese…
I’m back. Today I made a huge salad, a mushroom and onion quiche and homemade macaroni & cheese with tomato and basil. I got to the grocery store at 10:45 this morning, spent about half an hour shopping and started prepping and cooking at around 11:30 after studying some cookbooks and having a cup of…… Continue reading Food is Love Part II
Hi All: I am happy to report that I have had some pretty good meals today! I started the day off with (instant) oats. With the addition of fresh blueberries, this was a great breakfast and it actually kept me full until I had lunch at 12:30 this afternoon. The oats: Most of the morning…… Continue reading Good Eats
Happy weekend everyone! I was soo exhausted yesterday that by last night I decided I was not setting my alarm this morning and I would sleep as late as I wanted. I slept until 10:15 this morning and I felt so much better after a good night’s sleep. By eleven this morning, mom and I…… Continue reading I love Trader Joe’s
Hey All – Well, thanks (perhaps) to some FB good wishes from a West Coast friend, today was a better day! I took the train in to work today with Tim. We caught up on culinary issues, and family stuff. The trip went by pretty quickly. A lot better than sitting in traffic, that is…… Continue reading I Survived Tuesday – Did You?
Oh my goodness. Do you ever just have one of those days that you do not ever want to think about again!? Well, my day was not that bad, but the morning got off to a pretty horrible start. I slept really well last night (I love spring because it cools down at night and…… Continue reading Bad Work Day, Great Run
Hey All – Saturday night was an evening of culinary goodness! Mark and I went over to Danielle and Jesse’s for a fun evening. Danielle decided that we should make homemade pasta – and of course I was totally excited to help her! Danielle has taken a class in pasta making at Johnson & Wales…… Continue reading An Evening of Homemade Pasta and Crumble
Wow, my third (?!) post of the day. I just wanted to let you know how dinner turned out 🙂 The fresh pasta, pesto, chicken sausage and grape tomatoes turned out well. My mom even finished her entire serving, which is always a good sign. I just love fresh pasta – it is such a…… Continue reading Sunday Night Dinner
Hi Everyone: I just wanted to show you what my shrimp and couscous looked like from Thursday night! Close up: It was a wonderful dinner. I think next time I make it I will include a bead of sauteed spinach and garlic. I have had a productive Sunday so far. I hung out with my…… Continue reading A Photographic Note…
Hi all – I have not done a post via iPhone recently so I decided this would be a good time to write one! Right now I am hanging out at Katherine’s apartment in Central Square and we are making a fall like soup – pasta fagioli! It smells great. I am definitely having a…… Continue reading Friday night: Pasta Fagioli
Sugar and Spice 