Validating my cookbook collection, one damn recipe at at a time
For my 20th official recipe in this project, I decided to go big. Pastry. PASTRY, BITCHES. Before I get too cocky, I must confess that this is a step back from what I initially intended to make, but it was a wise and calculated step. […]
Perfectionism is a bitch. And this blog is doing a lot in helping me to break up with her. There’s a quote often credited to Sheryl Sandberg — yes, the Facebook “Lean In” woman — that “done is better than perfect.” I don’t know about […]
I may need to change the name of this blog to “Dana Refuses on Some Cellular Level to Follow a Recipe to the Letter.” (Don’t worry, though; this one still turns out great.) Folks, this bitch loves a cheese scone. I fell for them hard […]
“Two Italian cookbooks back to back. A bold move, DeRuyck, or a sloppy one?” Oh shut up, Voice in My Head, nobody cares. Let’s be real: After last week’s ordeal, I was in the mood to make something a little simple. A little straightforward. You […]
You know that thing where you have a really good day… and you know that can only mean your luck is about to drop out from underneath you? Hello. And welcome to this week’s installment of “I don’t know what goes through people’s heads sometimes, […]
Yes, I know it’s February, but because I didn’t get a recipe out last week, I felt like I owed y’all one more recipe that’s reasonably good for you. I’ve been planning on making this recipe all month, but have been putting it off because… […]
In some ways, it feels like a no-brainer.I’ve got a blog where I’m cooking through my cookbook collection.I’m doing a month of healthy recipes.I’ve been working for a company that puts out cookbooks of healthy recipes for over a decade.Of course I’d eventually hit a […]
Happy middle-of-January! Are we healthy yet? Are we?! ARE WE??? *collapses weeping* No, it’s going great, I swear. Let’s get to it. The Assignment: Peter’s The Game On! Diet: Kick Your Friend’s Butt While Shrinking Your Own by Krista Vernoff and Az Ferguson As you might guess from the title, this […]
“What the shit is this shit?” you might be saying to yourself right now.Yeah, I missed you too. It’s a whole new damn year, and yes, like everyone else right now, I’m trying to overcorrect from my terrible holiday habits and bend them back into […]
Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side. It was only this year that it was brought to my attention that the joke doesn’t have a mere “duh” punchline; that the chicken was crossing the road in order to get […]