Seasonal Food
Week 48: Boozy Bourbon Balls With a Shot of Joy
‘Tis the season to reflect. I’m pretty sure that the Ghost of Christmas Past will be visiting with a vengeance this year. And, while I’m hoping to keep my cool with the Ghost of Christmas Present, the Ghost of Christmas Future needs to leave me the f—k alone! I desperately wanted to find my mothers […]
Week 46: Grateful for Slow Cooked Sweet Potato Soup
Thanksgiving sucks! Actually, I don’t really feel that way, but I figured it would get your attention, and, as I’m writing in this moment right now, it’s exactly how I feel. I’ve had 54 years of Thanksgiving celebrations and no two have been the same. As a kid, there were years where our huge dining table […]
Week 45: Tasty Stuffed Squash With a Side of Overwhelm
What do you do when a “16 waking hours day” is no match for your to-do list? Do you meditate? Do yoga? Take a walk? Take deep cleansing breathes? Down a couple glasses of wine? Eat ice cream? Sit and cry? Or some form of all of the above? This week, all of the above “solutions” […]
Week 44: Boo Hoo and Spiced Maple Popcorn Balls
This Halloween left me as gloomy as a ghost with no house to haunt. Even with adorable kids parading around in costumes, treats to enjoy, and parties to attend, this All Hallows Eve I was visited by the ghosts from my past and spooked by the skeletons in my closet. I found myself craving the […]
Week 38 : Preppy Apple Cake
As a New England academic and Sacred Heart School alumni, Mom was a big fan of private schools; in fact, my sister Kristin graduated from a Sacred Heart school. My sister Kim (who is another long story for another time) went to a private school, but mostly because my mom was desperately trying to figure […]