by Jane Sweeney | Apr 21, 2018 | Cookbooks, Meal Plan, Shopping Finds
I read cookbooks cover to cover, just like my favorite magazine or Nora Ephron novel. Yes, I realize it’s much easier to Google a recipe, but there’s nothing I love more than a dog-eared cookbook sitting on my kitchen counter. And after years of reading and...
by Jane Sweeney | Apr 3, 2018 | Shopping Finds, Tips + Tricks
Eating out with little kids can be tough (okay, sometimes torture). I think there was an entire year where my husband and I never went to a restaurant with our little girls; it just wasn’t worth it. I was constantly picking up whatever the baby dropped – her food,...
by Jane Sweeney | Mar 20, 2018 | Shopping Finds, Tips + Tricks
My next-door neighbor has been singing the praises of our local H-Mart, the Asian-American grocery store chain, ever since I met her. Each time she returns with sweet Chinese sausage or dried Chinese mushrooms, I look on with envy. And then I invite myself over. (Ha!)...
by Jane Sweeney | Mar 5, 2018 | Recipes
Ah, St. Patrick’s Day: green food, Lucky Charms everything, and over-the-top rainbow-colored treats that are typically an artificially colored, sugary food extravaganza. But this St. Patrick’s Day, I’m celebrating with a rainbow-themed food that delights as a...
by Jane Sweeney | Feb 20, 2018 | Recipes, Shopping Finds, Tips + Tricks
One rainy afternoon, my friend showed up with a batch of chocolate chip cookie dough that had a, let’s just say, questionable brown color. She asked me to withhold judgment because the color wasn’t by accident. Rather, it came from a secret ingredient: coffee...
