Matt and I have a saying (which may or may not be a real saying) for when you get exactly what you want. Its called getting your fish wish. Matts birthday-cake fish wish? Yellow cake with vanilla fro...
As I put together this book proposal and invest all this energy in it, I’ve been feeling like the blog, the whole reason I’m writing this particular proposal, has been kind of getting the shaft. It’s...
I love my mom as much as the next gal (unless the next gal has a horrible mom and does not love her), but that doesnt mean that she and I drink the same amount of Diet Coke, wear the same amount of d...
One major perk of having a food blog—and this is probably reason enough to start one—is that people who read your blog sometimes invite you to their house to make awesome food with them. This is one ...
My friends, Sara and Sean, moved to the east coast and took their recipe for pork carnitas with them. Sara did have the courtesy to send me the recipe, but it just didn’t seem right to make it on my ...
As per usual with these things, Ill begin with an apology: Im sorry that I wasted the roe. While watching this video, I got a deep pang of regret that I didnt try to cook/eat that portion of the...
Mes amis! I hope youre ready for a photographic tour of our trip because thats exactly whats about to happen... Stay tuned next week for the Paris video attempt!! 1. View of Sacré-Cœur Basilica ...
Im so excited I can hardly type. After talking about it for six months now, we finally board the long-haul flight for Paris tomorrow! I had the day off today, and instead of packing, I spent the afte...
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: any cuisine witha specific name for crispy rice is A-OK with me. So when I read Saveur’srecent feature on the food of Iran, I knew I was going to make one o...
I’m really into sports. Just ask me who I think is going tomake this summer’s Olympic women’s gymnastics team. I dare you! I could go onand on forever! But this blog isn’t called bonappé-one-and-a-ha...
At this moment, I find myself in a curious situation: I’mdrinking a white wine spritzer and writing about capellini with crème fraîcheand caviar. It’s as if I’ve never had to eat/serve chocolate bark...
I’m a bit scattered these days. Ifyou’ve spoken with me lately, I’ve likely told you about my recent battles withsleeplessness, but what I probably haven’t told you, what I had been waiting to tell y...
First things first: thank you to Ali and James for coming to dinner and committing to keeping the night moving. It was such a pleasure to sit in the bathtub together. Secondly, I must say, this is on...
Many of you know that I have a crush on Sweden. It probablystarted with the Shout Out Louds. Then, there was the Poetry in Translationclass I took with the Swedish poet Malena Mörling, whose book, As...
Here’s something I learned on Friday: mind your caramel.Yes, certain as the sun rises in the east, an unwatched pot of caramel saucewill get all effed up.I have been wanting to attempt this cake ever...
Recently, I was re-watching one of my favorite episodes of MySo Called Life, and it ended with a shot ofAngela riding her bike (or maybe it was Brian Krakow’s bike?) down a suburbanstreet. She’s movi...
As per usual, a few things to note:1. Thank you, Tim! I love when Internet friendships turn into real-world friendships. 2. If you attempt this dish at home, a few words of advice: invite friends and...
One of my Christmas presents from Matt was a collection ofVirginia Woolf’s letters, which I’m really enjoying, and to which, theintroduction reads: “In turn-of-the-century handbooks on how to write a...
This was my first Christmas as an adult with a real tree(and a real tree stand). In November,Matt and I had grand plans to go to one of those farms where you can chop downyour own tree, but as Decemb...
If you watched this most recent holiday-themed video attempt, youll recall that all Christmas stockings are not created equal and that its important to remember that Matts Jewish. With that in mind, ...
For the record, I had a bad feeling about using the coffee mug in place of a cocktail shaker—I even told Matt that I didnt think it would work. If I could have it back, I would have improvised t...
Is it sad that even though I haven’t set foot in aMcDonald’s since I was a teenager, the first thing I thought when I bit intothis potato was: Oh my God. I just made McDonald’s fries? But then, on th...
My version above. Heidi Swansons version below:While I dont have kids, was never one of those teenagers asked to babysit, and have been known to make my beautiful niece spontaneously burst into tears...
Last week, Iwatched Dirty Dancing on back-to-back nights. And by watched, I mean, watched, sans computers and folding laundry, simply grippedby the story of this unlikely romance at Kellerman’s resor...
My senior year of college, I made a movie with my parents’ Hi8 camera, which I called: The Senior Documentary. It was nothing special as far as production value goes, hardly anything kids today—with ...
Can I tell you how much I’m enjoying this time of year? Because of Daylight Saving Time, I’ve been waking up almost naturally at 6am. I love this. It makes me feel capable before the day has even beg...
As anyone who cooks knows, there are moments in the kitchen when you are moving along gracefully, deftly in sync with the timing of the dish. Your garlic is chopped and ready to be added at a moment’...
Friends, a few things to note about the above video attempt:1. I swear again. I’m sorry. I am letting down my in-laws and Grandma. Going forward, I will work on this... I swear. (Pun!)2. It was very ...
The weather has finally snapped here in Los Angeles, and by snapped, I mean nights and mornings now dip into the 50s even if the days still go up into the high 70s. I know, I know, but those chilly n...
When I was 19 and naively not realizing how good I had it living in Madrid for a semester, I basically lived off tortilla española—that egg and potato dish too potato-filled and thick to be compared ...
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