Hello Fresh, a German company with branches in multiple countries, advertises on almost every platform I use. Its virtues, apparently, lie in its weekly menu options and the lack of shopping or planning on the buyer’s part. It is supposed to be a quick and hassle-free addition to your life, to make cooking and… Continue reading Hello, Fresh Enough: A Meal Kit Review
In the year where, perhaps, more people than ever actually used their ovens to bake and cook delicious new things while stuck at home, I did the complete opposite. From approximately February 2020 to April 2021, I didn’t use my oven at all. No obsessively baking sourdough for me. Instead, I stuck to the… Continue reading My Year Without an Oven
It’s incredibly easy to talk about what a difficult year this has been. We began with the threat of World War III (remember that?) and then were surprised with a few unforeseen deaths before the COVID-19 pandemic began making itself known. There were product shortages (such as toilet paper), murder hornets, protests, a crazy… Continue reading 20 Good Things About 2020
Before I moved out on my own, I made several lists. They included what kind of furniture I needed or had, my budgetary constraints, pros and cons, and also what kind of food I’d need on that first grocery trip after move-in. You can find lots of advice online on the staples you should… Continue reading My Must-Have Kitchen Staples
Did anyone else have to write those terrible “here’s what I did over summer break” short responses when they were young? I feel terrible for all the kids who might be suffering the same fates in this, the Year of Covid-19, when normality as we know it is pretty much gone. Still, in the interest… Continue reading What I Did Over Summer Break 2020
While I did succeed in my goal to read over forty books this year, I’ve decided to keep it simple for my favorites list. So, I’ve come up with some rules: A) One book per genre. B) The book need not be published in 2018, but did need to be read by me this… Continue reading My Favorite Books of 2018
Julie & Julia, both the original blog and the ensuing book, is what dreams are made of. It’s an early example of the power of the Internet, of random projects, of opening up your life to the world in an online format before it was ‘cool.’ Before blogs were all about aesthetic or DSLR photos with… Continue reading “A Blank Check for Whining”: Julie & Julia by Julie Powell
Technically speaking it’s been a year and two months since I moved out of my parent’s house and in with The Captain, B, and a spinning door of roommates. A lot of things were hard to deal with at first, but now they seem as easy as breathing. I’ve discovered a lot about myself in… Continue reading Home Alone: A Year on My Own
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