Healthy Side Dishes: Okra and Tomatoes II

Posted on February 13, 2015 by artislyfe

Healthy Main Dishes: Italian White Bean Chicken

Posted on February 13, 2015 by artislyfe

pecan sticky buns + news!

Posted on February 12, 2015 by artislyfe

Long after our son turned one, two, and then three; a good while after my first cookbook was published, which I liked to refer to as my “second” baby, much to the disappointment of grandparents, who were hoping for the kind they could snuggle with; a sizable amount of time after we’d more or less accepted that we’d be a family of three and three only, and thus made a few decisions that might make a fourth human seem a tiny bit poorly planned […adored new apartment with no space for a fourth resident, a second cookbook and expanding midsection racing towards competing deadlines, details] and a couple months after our son started kindergarten and I was a little gloomy because I guess this meant the baby days were really behind us, the craziest thing happened.

In five months, give or take, I’m going to have to give up these stretchy waistband pants and accidental afternoon naps for good, or so I hear, but not without a fight. But before then, oh boy, I think we’ve got a rather fun spring/summer ahead, and nobody, not a single human on earth is more excited than the future big brother, who has already declared his agenda of teaching the baby the ABCs, to read, to play soccer and to always let it have cookies before dinner, even if it doesn’t eat its vegetables.

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Before & After: A Caterer Expands Her Kitchen to Grow Her Business — Reader Kitchen Remodel

Posted on February 12, 2015 by artislyfe

We’re always interesting in seeing the home kitchens that caterers and personal chefs work out of. Sometimes they are expansive (and make us jealous), but frequently they are smaller than we’d imagined, which just impresses us with how much can be done in a tiny space.

Sue Dinneen’s before kitchen falls into the latter category. Sue has lived in her 1920s Tudor revival home for many years, and has run a part-time catering operation out of it for the past 12 years. In a kitchen that essentially had seven square feet of counter space, we’re amazed at how Sue was able to accommodate her orders. Now take a look at the after kitchen, which is definitely of the make-us-jealous variety.

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Does It Get Any Cuter Than This Adorable Valentine’s Day Cocktail? — Delicious Links

Posted on February 12, 2015 by artislyfe

No, it does not get any cuter than this adorable Valentine’s Day cocktail. Maybe it’s the fact that the cocktail is pink (thanks, homemade grenadine!), or that it has a delightful egg white foam top, or that there is a too-cute-for-words little heart on top of that foam (made out of freshly grated cinnamon), but this is the perfect cocktail to make for the one you love.

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