My sister-in-law makes a killer artichoke dip that plays prominently into the night-before-Thanksgiving festivities each year. With Easter fast approaching, and a break-neck schedule that has kept me from inviting my family and JR’s family to our house for the holiday (Hi Family, if you’re reading this, yes, Easter is on at our house. Wanna… Continue Reading
Author Archives: Amy
Two Short Months
Seven years ago – even eight years ago, if I’m being totally accurate – in the months leading up to JR’s and my wedding, I instituted the celebration of a pre-versary. Each month leading up to our wedding (yeah, I know, I know – totally dorky, but, then, there I am. A dork.), on the… Continue Reading
Sweet Potato-Bacon Cakes
After two consecutive weekends of mushy boiled dinner (all in the name of science, I swear. A comparison of slightly more expensive corned beef versus less-expensive vacuum sealed corned beef) – one of which was delicious and the other which was boring – please, do guess which was made with butcher-corned beef, and which was… Continue Reading
A Shoot in the Tiny Kitchen
A short while ago, there was a video shoot in my kitchen. You may have heard me mention (or heard my imagined voice as you read my mention of it) that it is a very tiny kitchen here at our house. Really, a very tiny house, overall, so the crew had to jam in, with… Continue Reading
Poor Girl Gourmet Pointers: The Frugal Lunch
There’s an odd thing going on in my world lately, and it’s called “working off-site”. As it happens, working off-site means getting back to packing a lunch each day, a practice I had always undertaken when I worked off-site in the past. Even, in fact, when I was consistently getting paid. So it wasn’t an… Continue Reading