Happy Friday! Happy Labor Day, we hope you’re enjoying the last days of summer with good friends, a hot grill, and cold beer. Here are some of our favorite items for your cookout this weekend! Grilled Cheese Wheel: While you’ve got the grill fired up for your cookout, try throwing on a wheel of camembert
Cannoli Bites with Nutella Filling
Have you ever eaten something while you were on vacation that you can’t get out of your mind? And of course, you can’t find an equal substitute back home? Carciofi alla Giudia in Rome, sourdough in San Francisco, sushi in Japan. We had Nutella cannoli from a bakery in the Little Italy section of Boston
DIY Silverware Remodel
This DIY silverware idea can add color to your table while upcycling tired silverware or servingware. Use vintage finds from flea markets or antique shows, or haul out your old set and give it a remodel. I found mine at the dollar store, since vintage forks and knives are a little difficult to find
Healthy Carrot and Cilantro Salad
The seven of us sat around a low table in a casual American–style barbecue restaurant, relishing the fact that we were drinking craft beer instead of the vaguely beer-flavored carbonated water that they try to pass off as beer in most of Asia. The room was designed to look like you were in someone’s backyard
Friday Favorites
Happy Friday! Here are some of our favorites for this week. Have a great weekend! How to use a whole ear of corn: Food52 published this incredibly useful article about how to make the most out of your corn. We’re usually so focused on the kernels that we don’t think about the rest. But their
Mushroom Garlic Cream Rigatoni
So, it’s been a really hard week at work. Long hours, stressful and packed days- you know the drill. Last night I came home ready to soothe my soul with some macaroni and cheese (I’ve been a fan of this delicious one-pot, made-from-scratch version for years). But then- why settle for just comfort food? Couldn’t
A Tea Party for Tweens
There are two very special little girls in my life. They’re my cousin’s daughters, and they live just down the street from my parents in Ohio. Angelina, my goddaughter, is 11. She’s thoughtful and quiet, with a razor-sharp wit. Alanna is almost 9. She is has boundless energy, makes friends quickly, and loves to
DIY Easy and Festive Felt Banner
When Alyssa got married last year, I was lucky enough to help plan a super-fun (I hope!) bachelorette party. We had a spectacular dinner before a sleepover at a San Francisco hotel right near Union Square, complete with plenty of candy and snacks and champagne cocktails. Even though we took a few weeks to