This week I was featured on a joint collaboration between Paula Deen and Kraft- an online publication called Live Richly. A new venture, part of their Real Women of Philadelphia efforts, they’ll be promoting a blogger every other Thursday in a feature called “Build a Better Blog.” I was honored to be the first blogger [...]
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Burgers 101
Recently, a friend and blog reader made a request. She asked for a how-to post on burgers, not unlike the one I did for steak or slicing an onion. And because I really appreciate requests, and Erin is awesome (she gave Dan and I internships with her institution and is practically the reason we’re married), [...]
A Perfectly Cooked Steak
Oftentimes I begin to compose posts for this site in my head, far from my computer screen. Whether I’m driving through suburban Maryland trying to avoid 495 or laying in bed trying to fall asleep, stories will begin to form in my head. Incidentally this is also how I wrote my wedding vows, over the [...]
Cutting an Onion
The Finer Points. So in my life list I pledged to start creating one video a month for b&s. This was in lieu of an attempted foray into video tutorials last year that went nowhere. Later I regretted not being more active so today I bring you this month’s video installment. I took advantage of [...]
Bagels, Revisited
While I hate to bog you down with any one kind of food (except, of course, for pie), I also really hate to publish recipes that I don’t think are up to par. And while last weekend’s Jalapeño Bagels were tasty and the perfect food for our massive hangovers, they were not the perfect bagel. [...]












