So one of my biggest hurdles when it comes to blogging is my timeliness.  Which I suppose you know, as I haven’t been around for a couple of months.  But other than my extreme procrastination, I’m simply late with things.  I made some beautiful, beautiful pies with the pie crust I made in advance for [...]

I’m a really awesome girlfriend.  Due to my dear Italian boyfriend’s culinary preferences, the past year I’ve been choking down a lot of sausages (hehe) and peppers.  Not to mention making homemade cavatelli.  And peanut butter cookies, which I don’t really even like.  Let’s not even talk about all that ball handling.  (And really, why [...]

Sometimes, you start out with the best intentions.  The weather’s finally back down into the double digits, and then you happen upon such recipes like sweet potato gnocchi with fried sage and chestnuts.  I mean come on, seriously?  How can you not want that in your mouth right now?  If my overuse of italics hasn’t clued [...]

You hear that?  Oh wait, neither do I.
Parker’s in bed, and Tom out gettin’ jiggy wit’ it.
I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF.
Oh wait, there it is.  Ahh, much better.  Really, is there any sound better than the pop! of a cork? 
Anyone else want a glass?  We’ve got bottles and bottles left from the housewarming.  [...]

So I decided to stop being a lazy ass and actually cook something.  I’d like to say it was for me, or even for you guys, but really, I just felt bad for my kid.  Plus my little (three year old) sister was over, and really there’s nothing that better passes the time than an [...]