So what to do with a glut of homemade cavatelli?  Why this, of course.  Fresh veggies, even fresher pasta, and a shower of parmigiano?  Sign me up.  (Okay, so some of the veggies were frozen.  Sue me.)  While I made a few swap-outs (cavatelli for the gnocchi, for one) and altogether omissions, and my pan [...]

Apparently the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.  I’ve been testing this theory ever since my first batch of heart shaped sugar cookies I baked up for my first boyfriend.  Since then it’s been a parade of everything from brownies to boeuf bourguignon to baklava.  (That last one ended up with me [...]

Overcome by a sudden tug of domesticity, I decided stay in tonight to clean my room, the bathroom, AND cook! (And by tug of domesticity I mean I didn’t have any money left for the bar after diapers and new socks, since those damn toddlers socks are teeny and inevitably end up lost in the [...]

After Friday’s nights failure, I figured I should prove I’m not completely incapable of making kid-friendly food. So Parker happens to share my love for pretty much whatever pasta I throw at him. (Or rather, that he throws at me.) I figure pasta with red sauce is pretty fool proof as far as kids go. [...]

Linguine alla Carbonara
So despite the fact that losing weight is the lamest and most unoriginal New Year’s resolution everrrr, I’m doing my best. (It works out well–I’m pretty lame myself.) So in an effort to lose weight, I’ve been doing my best to eat breakfast everyday. Today I had what I consider to be a [...]