Thursday, January 28, 2010
Hello!!! See? I swear I’m alive. I’ve been slightly bogged down since the new year… Birthday, birthday, sick, sick, sick, school, and some other crap thrown in there. Long story, but we’re finally back on track now (I think!). I’m full-time this semester with 5 classes (because apparently that was an AWESOME idea), so it’s [...]
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Happy 2010 to everyone! For those who have been following us, fear not – we will be back soon with our postings on Garlic & Sapphires. Stay tuned for more bookery cookery in the coming weeks! Stay warm and safe!
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Well hello again! It has been quite the whirlwind of a week here in PA as we prepared (and overprepared) for the holiday. I have spent most of the week as, you guessed it, a cooking slut. I have made baklava, cookies, brownies, cupcakes, dips, sides, sauce(s), and most importantly, gnocchi. For more about [...]
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Well! We have had quite the week in this household; lots of craziness going on over here. Classes are finally finished and I’m opting to blog instead of studying for a final in the morning. I spent a few days in NY at the end of last week, spending some time with my mom [...]
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Us fabulous ladies from Cooking the Books got together last night at Franny’s in Brooklyn, an adorable restaurant Giulia Melucci (author of our first book, I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti) recommended that serves fantastic brick oven pizza, and then to a bar called Bar(n) across the street, to celebrate our first book conquest. [...]
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Well, what a whirlwind this week was! I love Thanksgiving, but I’m glad to be home. There’s nothing like coming back to your own house and sleeping in your own bed. Today was a lazy day for us though, which was nice. Brett picked up his new(ish) car and got home this afternoon. We ordered [...]
Saturday, November 28, 2009
No, that’s not directed at you – any of you. That’s actually what they’re called. This, by far, was my favorite 3 pages of the book. Not because of Giulia’s heartache, because we all sit and wonder the “what-ifs” after a breakup. We all try to somehow find a backwards way of [...]
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Well! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I brought my laptop with me, and didn’t open it once. Oops. This year we headed back to New York for the holiday (we flip flop Thanksgiving and Christmas each year). It was a nice few days. My family on both sides is Italian, [...]
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Well, here we go! I have to say, I’m 100% hooked on this book – and the author. From the first of her recipes (a plum tomato sauce that reminded me of my grandmother’s recipe) I was definitely hooked. I see many of my own qualities in her – mainly her nurturing and [...]
Friday, November 20, 2009
Well, I’m excited! We’ve decided on our first book for our journey – I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti by Giulia Melucci. As a full blooded Italian myself, I love a good story about a Brooklyn girl…especially one who can cook. I went out and picked up the book today to get our journey [...]
