I had expected to have a little bit more time. I wanted to experiment with some corn butter recipes I’ve been putting off since last summer. I hardly had my fill of…
Author: emiglia
The Allure of Food
As I was sitting in the nail salon today waiting for my appointment, I treated myself to a little bit of Allure. Now, I’m embarrassed enough as it is buying Cosmo and…
Real Pizza
Remember my sad attempt at recreating my brother’s pizza? Well, as I was reading Brilynn’s post over at Jumbo Empanada’s about what real food was, I started thinking about what real food…
Fourth of July
Generally, on the 4th of July, my entire family gets dressed in red, white, and blue, grills hot dogs and hamburgers outside and, along with corn on the cob, watermelon, and potato…
Coffee Granita
Siena… che città bella! Especially for food. Siena is in the heart of Tuscany, home of bistecca fiorentina, ribollita, papardelle al cinghiale, and of course, the famous Chianti. Siena is heaven for…
Peaches
So now that I’m back in the swing of things, and I’m partway through the reformatting of the site (so exciting!), and even though next month is going to bring in the…
I’m Back!
6 months later, I’m back! It’s been forever, I know, and I’m not actually back for that long… I fell in love with France once again, and I’m finally realizing that lifelong…
I’m Off…
The time has come, my friends. I’m off to France for four months. I don’t know how often I’ll be able to update while I’m gone, but I’ll take lots of pictures…
Soup
I don’t know many families who eat four different kinds of homemade soup on a normal night, not to mention the night before Christmas Eve. We do. My mother, who is my…
Grocery Delivery
At the peak of the dotcom hype, I distinctly remember hearing people ooh and ahh over what was, at the time, a huge innovation: peapod.com. You would simply log on, enter what…