Like most everyone, I am the result of many different families, marriages, couplings. Most recently I can trace my lineage back to four families, the Rosemonds, Waldrons, Fiorellos, and Ballengers. This past Saturday was the Ballenger family Christmas party, my paternal grandmother’s family. My grandmother, Bobbie, was the daughter of Stanley Ballenger and Flossie Caudell, [...]
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Deluxe Mac & Cheese
I’m going to start this post by apologizing. I have no process photos to offer. This weekend was a hot mess. Our building’s hot water heater broke Friday and so all weekend I was well… dirty. And grumpy. Sunday we were planning on going to Northern Virginia to meet our new niece Amelie and see [...]
Macaroni & Cheese
For the past two days I’ve been holed up in my apartment, sick. Yesterday I took in way more Criminal Minds/Gilmore Girls than is probably healthy (though they may cancel each other out) and got winded chasing down the UPS man who was trying to drive off without delivering our new computer. That’s right, ladies [...]
Chicken Pot Pie
I can thank the Food Network for 70% of my food cravings. The rest can be attributed to a combination of hormones, food blogs, and advertising. So last weekends round of Throwdown with Bobby Flay, Good Eats, and Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives left me craving chicken pot pie. I know that it’s getting beyond casserole [...]
