Carrot Cake Granola {Leftovers Club}
If you’ve been wondering why I never shared the recipe for the delicious carrot cake granola I served as the...
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Syria: Ma’amoul
Ma’amoul are semolina shortbread cookies popular across the Middle East. They are filled with either dates or nuts – commonly...
An Unbelievable 10 Years in Washington D.C.
It’s damn near impossible for me to believe that today marks my 10 year anniversary in Washington D.C. On the...
This is What’s Up Doc: Vegan Carrot Soup with Toasted Chickpeas and Tahini Crema
I am definitely a sucker for soup with fancy condiments. In fact, writing this post just reminded me that it’s...
My New Year’s Resolution (Week 1)
New Year’s resolutions are tough. For most of the things that I’d like to improve or accomplish, success or failure is subjective. I’d like to be less anxious, more generous, only...
Why is Bacon so Damn Trendy?
Bacon seems to be everywhere you look these days! It has comfortably made its way from the breakfast and club sandwich sections of the menu at your local diner to...
Christmas goodies and pondering domesticity
While home for Thanksgiving I read this Washington Post article The New domesticity: Fun, empowering or a step back for American women? In it, the author is examining the booming Do-It-Yourself...
Pre-New Years Resolution Curried Chicken Pot Pie
So I’ve already started my New Years resolution. Is it cheating to have a resolution you’re excited to start? I don’t think so. You don’t get to know what it...
Honeymoon, Culinary Edition: Eating our way through Bali and the Gilis Islands.
So we’ve been back from Bali for over a month, and I have yet to post the promised ‘Honeymoon Edition 4’. Looking back at my Spain posts, I realized I did...
Memories From Italia
The summer after I graduated from college Courtney and I spent a few weeks backpacking through Italy and Greece. We hit most of the major cities, saw most of the...
A Festive Feast for a Wintery Night: Salmon Pot Pie, Green Beans and Apple Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies
We got our tree this weekend! We had very high intentions to drive to Chantilly, venture into the woods, and cut down our own tree. Romantic, right? Then, as we...
Honeymoon Part IV: Hopping Around the Gili Islands
Having thoroughly enjoyed the cultural and physically active adventures that Bali has to offer, we are off to four days of solitude and relaxation on the Gili Islands. The Gilis...
“I don’t want to go shopping” Salted Shortbread Cookies
So Friday night I was waiting for Courtney to get home from his business trip, and I felt like baking (do I sound like an old married lady? Does that...
Honeymoon Part III: Seminyak and South Bali
As much as we appreciated the opportunity to experience what Bali is really all about, by morning we were ready to leave Tirta Gangga. It was pouring rain, like buckets...
Honeymoon Part II: Trekking our way into the ‘real’ Bali, Tirta Gangga and beyond
Although we’d come to terms with the fact that we wouldn’t be able to climb Mount Agung, we couldn’t seem to shake the desire to climb something, so we decided...