Food and Drink

Baby showers would be more fun if there were fewer mustard-in-a-diaper games and more cocktails, but typically that’s not how things go (except at ours, where we want everyone to have a good time but me). One of the most noticeable aspects, the most stressed over detail and the most memorable addition to almost any […] More

Pickles and ice cream; they make you think of a pregnant women whose husband runs out at 2 am to get these for her because she’s having a craving and he is so terrified she might kill him with her hormonal and crazed new personality  loves her so much. If you look pas that whole […] More

Food Network star, I am not. I’m not even the next Food Network star (or the next, next, next Food Network Star). I’m not really a star of anything that goes along with food other than eating it and pinning really delicious photos of it on Pinterest. In fact, I just fed my kids McDonalds […] More

Raise your hand if you love Pinterest! Too many hands; it might be simpler to ask you to raise your hand if you do not like or have never heard of Pinterest. Our only assumption is that if you fall into the latter category, you must live without electronics, but then you would not be […] More

Laziness aside, we could all save a bundle on growing our own edible plants at home. Additionally, it would probably be a lot healthier if we did just that. But most of us say we haven’t the time, we haven’t the skill and we haven’t the knowledge to do anything of this nature, and that […] More

Spicy food is not for the weak hearted. In fact, it’s not for a lot of people. But there are those who love spicy food so much they eat it nonstop and those who consume spicy foods in mass quantities for the simple fact that they are at the end of a long pregnancy and […] More

Cinco de Mayo is only a week away and that means it is high time to get your party planning self into gear so that you can ensure your party is the most amazing one of the year. The fun celebration happens only once a year, so you really do have to make it a […] More

Close your eyes. No, really, I promise it’s not for reasons creepy or weird. Actually, on second thought, don’t close your eyes just yet, read this and then close them. What I want you to do is, when you do close your eyes, think about your childhood. Think about the scents and the smells and […] More

Kids are notoriously picky, especially when it comes to food. It’s almost as if they don’t quite understand just yet that some food is the same even if it’s in a different format than others. For example, one of our daughters will not eat syrup if you put it anywhere near a pancake because it […] More

Recently the NYC Food Bank Challenge became well-known. This is a challenge that is encouraging people to do something exceptional; eat all their meals for the entire family for an entire week for only $29. The first thing you’re going to do is scoff. I mean, really? I hardly think that this is possible. But […] More