My 5 Favorite Foodie Podcasts
One of the things that originally attracted me to Nashville was how beautiful the metro area is. It reminds me a lot of West Virginia with lots of green rolling hills and farmland. You can drive 20 minutes from most points in the city and be in the country – really in the country. It’s taken me […]
What I Eat: Around the World In 80 Diets
I ran across this photo gallery on the NY Times website yesterday and it’s fascinating. It’s based on a collection of stories and photos collected by Peter Menzel and Faith D’Alusio for the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets. It documents the meals of people all around the world with the calorie counts. It has […]
Why I’ve Stopped Shopping Grocery Store Bulk Bins
I’ve always been a huge fan of shopping bulk bins for certain items. I like being able to get only the amount I need plus they’re cheaper and reduce the amount of packaging waste we generate. There’s a gourmet grocery store here in the Nashville area that my husband and I love partly because they […]
Is Your Pantry Ready for the Next Big Storm?
It seems like you can’t turn on the TV these days without seeing some type of storm coverage. I always feel bad for people that have gotten hit by 2 feet of snow or a tornado and weren’t prepared for it. We don’t get much snow around here but we do get tornados and high winds. Occassionally our power gets […]
Post Clean Out Pantry ReDo
Once you’ve pulled everything out of your pantry, it’s time to reorganize what’s left. Give your shelves a good wipe down and start adding things back. 1. I like to keep like items together. All of the cans of chicken stock are lined up together. All cans of black beans are together – you get the picture. Using a good pantry […]
A Nostalgia Moment
This week we had a bake sale at work to benefit a charity that one of my coworkers supports. There’s a group of us that like to bake so she always recruits us to make baked goods to donate for the sale. This time I decided to make peanut butter fudge, but not just any […]
