Savings/Shortcuts
Saving time and money (and occasionally your sanity)
Pasta with bacon – need I say more?
On rare occasions, I will sometimes feel like bacon is becoming a bit too ubiquitous as a default flavor booster/infusion of fatty goodness in a lot of recipes and restaurant dishes– it’s like all I see is bacon-infused this, bacon-topped that, chocolate-covered bacon on a Krispy Kreme burger… Ahem. But, to its credit, bacon... »
Single Girl Supper: Linguine with bell peppers and olives
For the past week, P has been at a gig in another city, and I’ve been cooking for myself. OK, that’s a lie. Truth: I haven’t been cooking much at all. I’ve been staying later at work, going out with friends, throwing together the odd salad or wrap of leftovers. Yesterday’s dinner consisted of... »
Looks like a watermelon, tastes… nothing like a watermelon
In what I am convinced has become an effort to decrease the amount of lawn to mow, my dad has created sort of a victory garden in the backyard of my parents’ house that stretches about 15 (maybe 20) feet wide by 8 feet deep. In the garden is a motley crew of surprisingly... »


