When it comes to gift cards, I’m a hoarder.  I received approximately 8 gift cards for Christmas.  I’ve only used one!  It’s a good thing they don’t expire. Tonight Jared and I finally used a gift card to the Cheesecake Factory and enjoyed a nice meal out and about after hiding from the storm all [...]

Yesterday I felt like I was kicking ass and taking names.  I crossed a bunch of things off of my To Do list.  I ran errands.  I took a spin class and went out to dinner with friends. Today was a completely different story… After running yesterday’s errands that forced me to crisscross my Boston [...]

My mom needed to be in Boston for a dental conference on Thursday and Friday.  Between the impending snow storm forecast for Wednesday night and her early class on Thursday morning, she asked if she could spend Wednesday night at my apartment to make her AM commute much easier. It’s my mom…  How could I [...]

It was REALLY cold in Boston this past weekend.  Even if you’re not from around here, you must’ve heard about it.  New Englanders complained about it.  A lot! In an attempt to stay warm and keep myself entertained indoors, I tried to make my own chicken soup recipe, sort of from scratch. The soup was [...]

Breakfast: Plain bagel with veggie cream cheese and an ice coffee from the Appleton Street Bakery Lunch: Cucumber wontons and a few chocolates Dinner: Pad Thai with chicken and a bottle of 2009 Domaine du Chateau d’Eau Pinot Noir Exercise: 20 minutes on the Stepmill and a quick 1 mile run (treadmill set at 7.5 [...]

I received some new baking dishes for Christmas and promised Jared that the first thing that I cooked would be his family’s recipe for baked macaroni and cheese. Jared’s mom e-mailed the recipe right after New Year’s and it’s taken me over 2 weeks to get it together and get cookin’.  I scribbled some recipe [...]

I went to the Gallows last night for the Boston Food Bloggers Launch Party with Urbanspoon. There are so many food bloggers in Boston!  I met quite a few new people, and saw a few familiar faces.  Including my college adviser who is now a low-carb food blogger.  What a small world! SoCo Creamery was [...]

Hot dogs at a baseball game?  Homemade apple pie? Turkey on Thanksgiving? Everyone has ideas about the All American meal.  When I think of a basic home cooked dinner, my mind immediately focuses on American Chop Suey.  It’s a meal from my youth.  With each bite, I remember Tuesday night dinners with my grandparents.  My [...]

Yesterday it snowed.  A lot. I ate pizza.  A lot.  I had pizza for lunch and then leftovers for dinner! It was a good day! When I woke up yesterday morning, I wasn’t surprised to see snow on the ground.  The news had been forecasting the storm for days.  I spent my morning holed up [...]

I’ve made some pretty good meals over the past few weeks.  I’ve photographed them and prepped blog posts in my head.  But life happened and I never got around to typing out the post. Well those photos are not going to go to waste. Here are some glorious shots of my meals! Closeup of risotto [...]