It’s pretty typical of me that I would be sharing a link about summer cooking as the season is on its last legs, but I only just found this myself.
Mark Bittman’s Summer Express
Mark Bittman writes a column for the New York Times called “The Minimalist,” and he’s something of a foodie darling. This column consists […]

First, it’s Music Monday.
The delicious photo is of the pork tenderloin and the ribs (second level) that my Dad smoked yesterday. I keep meaning to track him on one of those days where he is smoking meat all day, but I never get up early enough in the morning. He will tell you that it’s […]

I’m pretty hardcore when it comes to homemade. Especially when you’re baking, I truly believe that as long as you have the right ingredients on hand, it doesn’t take that much longer to measure everything out than it does to make a mix. And the results are so much better. I think your friends and […]

This is truly one of the more disturbing things I’ve ever read. I don’t have kids, and I think most of my friends’ children are either too old or too young for American Girl, but just in case, read this and think twice before buying any of their crap. They always kind of creeped me […]

It’s kind of an interesting juxtaposition to be a girl who cares so much about sports. Because being so into the up and down and the competition is still kind of a guy thing, but there’s so much emotion tied into the up and down. And well, I’m a cryer, and sometimes the up and […]

Chuck Klosterman wrote a column for Page 2 about why he’s the only person alive who doesn’t want a college football playoff. It’s a good article even though I disagree with his basic premise. This, however, I do not disagree with:
Watching college football on television is probably the best thing about my life. This is […]

You might remember that last year I read that book about the woman who was trying to do without something of importance to her every month for a year. It sucked.
This guy did things right. He went a month only spending a dollar a day on food. Very well done, and not all full of […]