spill the beans

Here’s one for #MeatlessMonday or #TacoTuesday. Or both! We recently had a leak in our mudroom and we are very fortunate that our friend moved in next door and also happens to be a contractor. So he and another very handy friend gave us several hours of free labor this weekend and I am eternally…

Happy Friday! I know, all days are basically the same now. Last weekend we were looking for a touch of normalcy so we picked some crabs! It’s a Maryland pastime, and ’tis the season! If you’ve ever done this before you’ll understand why crab meat is so expensive. It takes forever to get a small…

Closing out week 6 here, friends. This is a sad and scary time. But I refuse to watch the news because I feel like I’m already doing everything that I can do (social distancing, making masks, ordering grocery delivery) so it’s better for my mental health to not expose myself to the 24 hour news…

Given how much I love to bake, I’m routinely disappointed by the GS’ lack of enthusiasm related to desserts. Many nights I just bake two lonesome cookies for myself from a batch of dough I keep stored in the fridge at all times. He rarely partakes. But he randomly LOVES brownies. And I’ve made homemade…

Happy Easter! Probably unlike any Easter any of us have had before, but I’m not complaining. And I think certain other individuals in my family are substantially more disappointed by the absence of the Masters than of a theoretical egg hunt. Still, I decided I wanted to make something a little more special for breakfast…

I have a complicated history with beets. If you’ve been reading for a while you may remember (you won’t remember) a post I did back in 2012ish where I made a beet and goat cheese ravioli that Michael Symon cooked on The Chew. At the time I had never had beets and I guess I assumed…

How’s your quarantine life going? I imagine the GS and I are having an easier time than most, given that we’ve been working from home together for about 4 years and I’ve been on maternity leave so staying in and snuggling Greta and Louise has been my MO for a while now. We’ve got this…

Know My Name by Chanel Miller. This is a memoir written by the woman who was sexually assaulted by Brock Turner (the Stanford swimmer). Her witness statement was published by Buzzfeed back in 2016 when her trial was going on, but she was always listed as “Emily Doe.” The book is AMAZING. Highly recommend the…

Well these are some odd times we’re living in. I went back to work on Monday which was extra bizarre given that the rest of the world was shutting down. I spent the last two days at Johns Hopkins, and fortunately my SIL was able to come hang with G! But now I’m likely home…

I recently subscribed to the NY Times Cooking section. I always got the emails but then I could only occasionally see the recipes and other times they wanted me to pay, so I decided to suck it up and fork over the $5/month. Recently they did a whole one with a bunch of different chocolate…