When I was 10 years old, I knew I was “big city”-bound. My whole life I grew up in rural Ohio. Going to the Toledo Museum of Art or the Toledo Zoo was a big deal to me. I would visit places, and was determined to move to Chicago or New York. When I was…
I really love pumpkin bread and pumpkin muffins. They are pretty decent, yeah? But do you know what makes them orgasmic? Adding chocolate chips. Seriously, try it. Don’t even get fancy about it. Go to Trader Joe’s, buy a box of the pumpkin bread mix and when you make it, dump in half a bag…
In my attempt to seem as outdated as possible, I’ve dedicated my HoboTrashcan Halloween column this year to a movie that is ten years older than myself… Young Frankenstein. I can’t help it, it doesn’t age. I’m also hoping that Gene Wilder will follow suit and doesn’t age. That’d be great. I know it’s not…
I know the internet has it’s panties in a bunch about America’s pumpkin spice invasion. Is there an increasingly excessive amount of pumpkin spice products on the market each fall? Hell yes there are. But guess what… and brace yourself, because you won’t believe this… you don’t have to buy them. But you do have…
I have to say, I’ve never seen nor read Charlotte’s Web. But I couldn’t resist a fun title that alludes to eating something that you all love so much. Not to mention the double meaning of the word fall. BOOM. Oh wait, did you actually want to hear about the food itself and not my…
If you know me personally or follow me on social media, you know that one of my favorite places on Earth is a little place called Tired Hand Brewing Company, a brewery just outside of Philadelphia. If you live in the area or are visiting, you must make the trip out. They brew intriguing beers…
I moved to Philly from Ohio in 2007. It was complete culture shock. A lot of it was normal little town to big city sort of adjustments, but a ton of it was the difference in foods. Ohio was all I knew and I didn’t realize that regions had such drastic differences. The biggest one…
I’m not Irish. Or maybe I am. Who really knows. But I never give up an opportunity to celebrate a holiday. So last year, when my husband asked me to make Corned Beef and Cabbage, I was all over it. His college roommate’s family had made it for him and he dug it. So there…
{Hanukkah} I think the best recipe that came out of my entire holiday season was these latkes. They had a sweetness and crunchiness from the coconut and an awesome twist on the apple sauce/sour cream that we’re all so used to. //// Coconut Latkes with Cranberry Applesauce & Cardamom Mascarpone Adapted From MyJewishLearning.com Ingredients For…
This year, I’ll be trying out a whole slew of recipes from some very talented cooks, bakers, bloggers and a couple publications for my Thanksgiving dishes. A few are my own and one is my mom’s, and I hope to post those recipes in the future. But for now, I wanted to provide everyone with…