Tonight I attended a potluck for D.C. foodbloggers at Union Row in D.C., hosted by an array of area food bloggers. It was good times. It was actually super different times because while Dan and I are both social people (theoretically) we’re not big on the D.C. scene, we mostly just stay cloistered in our [...]
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Almond Pear Crostada
I was going to write a post about how this Christmas was the first I’d ever spent away from both of my parents, and how while I had a great time with my new family I was still sad about not being with my siblings, my aunts and uncles, my cousins. How at this time [...]
Caramel Turtle Pie
A few weeks ago, I was the wedding photographer for a friend, Candice. Candice is the older sister of my close friend Kellie from college, and she’s one of the nicest people I’ve ever met. When she got engaged the day after I did, she asked me to be her photographer and I was delighted. [...]
Julia’s Pie Dough with Lard
When I was in high school, I was a vegetarian. I decided to become a vegetarian for a few reasons. For one, I read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. It’s a story about the turn of the century industrialization of the meat industry… ugh. I couldn’t look at a piece of meat without wanting to [...]
Pony Magical Mousse Pie
I mentioned recently that my biggest failures always have an audience. Dan’s sister Megan, her husband John, and their daughter Meredith have been on the receiving end of some of the worst desserts I’ve made. The first time I ever visited their house, I made a frozen lemonade pie that melted in the car (I [...]


