Tomorrow is National Cheesecake Day! Will you be celebrating? Between the baking and the cooling and depending on the recipe, a cheesecake can take some time to make but it is always worth the effort. This week's love list is a roundup of decadent new...
No better way to jazz up your next picnic or get together than with some homemade crafts. For this week's love list, I created a round up of adorable DIY crafts that are perfect for any picnic or party. Better get your al fresco dining...
Lately, I feel like I’ve been spending majority of my evenings and weekends at cafes. I can be pretty picky with cafes because when I go to one, I tend to camp out there for hours as I type away on my laptop. This past...
I find it easier to eat "healthier" during the warm summer months mainly because the heat makes me crave refreshing dishes. When I wake up in the morning I'm reaching for fresh fruit instead of something hearty and warm. Fruit salads can be as simple...
Parfaits can be as easy or as complex as you desire! The flavor combination is endless. You could go the healthier route and build a parfait with layers of fresh fruit or go the sweeter route by adding Nutella or crushed cookies! This week's love list...
I first learned about Shakshuka a few years back while I was browsing through an issue of Saveur. Shakshuka, a popular dish in Israel, is a hearty dish made with eggs and tomato sauce . When I saw the recipe in Saveur, I was mesmerized by...
Whenever a holiday is coming up, my favorite thing to do is search online for all of the awesome new DIY crafting ideas and recipes that everyone is putting out. Are you entertaining this Fourth of July? If you need some crafty ideas on how...
A few weekends ago I helped make a massive "1" shaped cake for an adorable little girl's first birthday. It was double layered and filled with fluffy chocolate mousse. In total, I had to make three 9"x13" cakes to layer on top of one another. Since...
If these warm sunny days haven't been reason enough to whip out the ice cream maker, then I thought I'd let you know National "Creative Ice Cream Flavor" day is coming up on July 1st! I'm not entirely sure how the "holiday" came to be but hey, I'm...
One of my favorite things about summer is being able to cook outdoors. It's hard to cook outdoors in the city so I take full advantage of it whenever I head home to NJ on weekends. This past weekend was father's day weekend and my...
A coworker of mine introduced me to @inspiralized on instagram and I was immediately amazed at how many dishes you can create with veggie noodles. Swapping your traditional pasta with a spiralized veggie is a great way to make a small healthy change to your current...
Now that the warmer weather is here, it's time to break out the ice! Swap out your favorite hot tea for one of the refreshing iced tea recipes below. 1. Blueberry, Mint, and Lime Iced Tea, Better with Cake 2. Green Tea Cucumber Cooler, My Diary of Us 3. Watermelon...
There are so many great things to love about New York City. I've lived here for about 7 years now and am still continuing to discover something new each and every day. This past week I ventured up to Neuhaus, a chocolatier on Madison Avenue. As...
After a long week of work, there's nothing I enjoy more than relaxing at my apartment with a home cooked meal and a nice bottle of wine. Whenever I am at the store however, I am always faced with the challenge of choosing which wine to...
Let's be real, adding a fried egg to almost any dish tastes good. The best part is cutting into the yolk and letting it run into the other ingredients. For this week's love list I put together a mix of dishes from breakfast recipes to salads...
These past few weeks have been pretty hectic as I'm prepping to move apartments. I've been living in my current apartment for about 5 years and I've been knee deep in packing. Unfortunately, I haven't had much time to dedicate to anything else but am...
Recently, I created a love list for Wine Based Recipes and even followed up with a crafty love list for left over Wine Corks. 1. Maple Bacon Beer Waffles, The Beeroness 2. Beer and Pretzel Caramel Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies, A Cookie Named Desire 3. Guinness Beer Nuts, Mantitlement 4. Onion Rings...
If you saw the recent Wine Based Recipe Love List and decided to give cooking with wine a try, then you may just have a few spare corks laying around. If that is the case and you're unsure what to do with them then check...
Today is National Apple Pie day! Instead of baking a traditional Apple Pie to celebrate, I figured I'd round up a handful of recipes that give the classic "apple pie" a fun twist. 1. Baked Apple Pie Fries, RecipeTin Eats 2. Apple Pie Tacos, A Spark of Creativity 3. Apple...
I absolutely love nights where I'm just at home enjoying a glass of wine accompanied by a selection of delicious cheeses. More recently, I've started experimenting with wine and cooking. One of my favorite ways to incorporate wine is to pan sear chicken and then make...