This month’s challenge was hosted by Kelly of Sass & Veracity, and Ben of What’s Cookin’?. The challenge is a “Danish Braid” from Sherry Yard’s The Secrets of Baking.
I was excited about this challenge because we get to use words like “detrempe” and “beurrage” for “ball of dough” and “butter block,” and also because I [...]

I had my very own fashion nightmare as I was walking down the street Wednesday and walked by Clinton Kelly. THE CLINTON KELLY from TLC’s hit show What Not To Wear. Was I wearing any of the cute summer work clothes I spent hundreds of dollars this season? OF COURSE NOT.
You see, I had [...]

Dear John,

I hate to do this by letter, but it is time for us to part ways. It’s not you, it’s me. I’m not getting the same fullness from our relationship that I once did, and I don’t have the same spring and shine in my life that you used to bring me. I’m sorry [...]

– Robert Frost
I managed to get through the whole winter with nary a sniffle, yet here I am in June with a sinus infection. I’m a horrible patient, if you must know. I tend to lie about moaning that “I’m siiiiiick” until I feel better, which could be days. My mother, bless her heart, prays [...]

Few things can bring New Yorkers together than complaining about real estate. Finding a place to rest your head in the Five Boroughs is a blood sport, and the cost of renting is roughly two arms and a leg. We all have a fantasy apartment and are just waiting for it to find us.
The [...]

Pizza Crust

My love of pizza is long-living and well known. From childhood we had “Pizza Fridays,” joking when the phone rang on the infrequent Friday when we did not order our two large with extra cheese and pepperoni that the pizza place was calling “to make sure we were okay.” When my siblings and I [...]