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May 9, 2017
It’s a Mother’s Day Gift Guide!
If there’s one thing I know for certain, it’s that Mother’s Day gifting is of the utmost importance. Mama made some serious sacrifices for us, and the very least we can do is get her a card (with heartfelt, handwritten words), and a gift (well wrapped with a bow). Mama’s love cards and bows. The key is to gift a thoughtful token… something that Mama wouldn’t necessarily buy for herself. Here’s my compilation intended for our mother’s (queens among us), and our friends who are mothers (queens too, for sure).
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May 7, 2017
Let It Be Sunday, 118!
Hello my friends!
First thing, that’s not me in a wedding dress. I wouldn’t get married and not tell you about it.
This week I got to witness the strong love and inspiring hopefulness of my friends Whitney and Michael. It’s really so special to be at a dear and close friend’s wedding. It’s such a marker in life and friendship and my goodness… it feels so so good to celebrate the good times.
May 5, 2017
Olive Oil Pound Cake with Roasted Strawberries
It was one of those days that I had spent a majority of my day eating literally everything in sight. I don’t use the word ‘literally’ lightly. I was home, testing recipes and shooting and eating everything that crossed my gaze or found its way into my hands.
My cat, Tron is fine. His fur makes him distinctly inedible.
It was on this day, Eat Day April 2017, that a friend invited me over for a swimming party.
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May 2, 2017
8 Very Fine Things To Make With Strawberries
If you’re anything like me… and I suspect you’re a lot like me… you have a lovely pint of strawberries slowly dying on your kitchen counter or in the crisper drawer. They were the most lovely when we bought them. We were a combination of hungry and hopeful at the grocery store. We were feeling kinda spendy and the strawberries were on sale. The sun was shining and we had our sunglasses on inside the grocery store because… just because.
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April 30, 2017
Let It Be Sunday, 117!
Hello dear friends!
It’s feeling very much like Spring here in New Orleans, with warm days and high humidity and reason enough to go outside and weed the garden. It’s a peek at the steamy days ahead and I’m not even mad about it.
The best part about Spring in New Orleans is Jazz Fest. I hope you get to be here for a day or two to enjoy the festivities.
Let It Be Sunday!
Hello dear friends!
It’s feeling very much like Spring here in New Orleans, with warm days and high humidity and reason enough to go outside and weed the garden. It’s a peek at the steamy days ahead and I’m not even mad about it.
The best part about Spring in New Orleans is Jazz Fest. I hope you get to be here for a day or two to enjoy the festivities.
April 26, 2017
My Favorite Spring Cookbooks, 2017.
There are some incredible cookbooks out this Spring! It’s a beautiful mix of vegetables… lots of vegetables, and pizza, pasta and candy. There are some truly inspiring books out this year and I hope you pick a few to add to your kitchen library and spend some quality time in the kitchen-room.
• Philly has got some bomb ass food, including the best pizza in America. Pizza Camp by Joe Beddia is out and more than anything, it makes me want to book a plane ticket to Philadelphia and cross my fingers for one of the very few daily pies at Pizzeria Beddia.
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April 23, 2017
Let It Be Sunday!
Hello Dearhearts,
It’s crazy how quickly a Saturday can turn into a Sunday. Fast enough to make your head spin so please excuse the tardiness of this post. I figure we need some time to ease into this Monday, and these links might be just the right encouragement.
I’ve spent the weekend with my maj Tracy in Nashville. She hustled across the country to join me for a worky work thing, and we ate loads of chicken, barely complained about all the rain, and made friends with strangers.
April 21, 2017
Sticky Finger Maple Bacon Grilled Cheese
There’s something very deep and satisfying about two sticky fingers at snack time. These are lessons we learn from (flamin hot) Cheetos, (cool ranch) Doritos, and (very spicy) Chicken Wings. Sticky fingers are dedicated for snack-to-mouth interactions, followed by licking. It’s the only way.
This sandwich, unapologetically sticky and salty on the outside, is in the sticky finger solar system.
This recipe is inspired by the Knife and Fork Grilled Cheese Sandwich I flipped by in the latest pages of Food & Wine Magazine.
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April 19, 2017
We’ve Grown Up Together
We’ve really grown up together… which, is a weird thing to think considering I was supposed to be fully grown when I started this blog 9 years ago at the age of… 26 or 27. Math is vague (a VERY false statement, but true for my brain at the moment).
This year’s book tour travels have been a very happy, nearly overwhelming brain-bender for me. In large part because you, those of you who have come out to signing and demonstrations, are incredibly generous humans.
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