Now that it is warm and springy outside, I’m all about adding a little lightness to our meals lately. I want to keep our meals simple and easy, too, so we can go for bike rides in the evenings and still have a healthy dinner. Salads and half sandwiches are now lunchtime standards, and last [...]
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Chorizo con Papas
I didn’t mean to post chorizo recipes two weeks in a row, truly I didn’t. I meant to post gnudi, little ricotta dumplings in a sauce filled with fresh, springy vegetables. Except when I went to make them on Tuesday, I realized that the ricotta had gone bad. So I made chorizo con papas instead, [...]
Salt, Sugar, Fat: Views From a Former Food Engineer
I read Salt, Sugar, Fat by Michael Moss last week, and it absolutely confirmed my decision to not pursue food engineering. For those of you who may not remember, I was a Chemical Engineering student in college until the end of my sophomore year, when I decided that I’d like to focus more on food [...]
Savvy Sewing: Stuffed Baby Elephants
We’ve spent the last four days in Virginia, about 20 miles outside of D.C., visiting our friends Adam and Laura. There were lots of board games (of course): Agricola and Thunderstone, Seven Wonders and Bohnanza, Pandemic and Power Grid and Cards Against Humanity. I finally broke my week-plus-long losing streak (seriously, I could’t win a [...]
Chorizo Nachos
Since recommitting myself to pursuing a writing career, I’ve had to find ways to add some structure to my day. In an engineering or other traditional job, I’d have a set start and end time to my day, and assigned projects and deadlines. But working for myself, that isn’t the case. It can be so [...]
Savvy Cookbooks: Bake It Like You Mean It
I was recently sent Gesine Bullock-Prado’s newest book, Bake It Like You Mean It, for review. I own both of Bullock-Prado’s other books, Sugar Baby and Pie It Forward, and love them. Her books are always beautifully laid-out, albeit not as easy to navigate as other cookbooks. Her writing is fun and amusing, and the headnotes [...]
The Little Things #66: Biking Outside Again
I started biking outdoors again last Monday with a ride up the hill to Dan’s office. Last year, the first few rides were rough; my heart fluttered, my muscles burned, I gasped for breath. The “big hill” is actually 3 large hills, stacked back-to-back, with brief flat areas in between. Last spring, I had to [...]
Spring Steak Stir-Fry
There’s been a lot of career turmoil going on in these parts lately. I’ve been pulling back from Savvy Blog Services to spend more time on my writing, only to realize that a career in writing seems terrifying and difficult. I spent a few days in March sitting down with my notebook and pen, coming up with [...]
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