My husband even said it smelled like his grandmothers kitchen when he walked in. Not surprising, since slow braised, bone-in meat things used to be much more a part of our family table than they are today.
So I went to San Francisco a few times over the last couple of years on solo-cations, and while I was super about posting to those IG stories I never really got around to writing anything up. Admittedly I feel like I can’t really do it justice, because I suspect that there is way more to do and see than what I was able to accomplish.
Southie, thanks to all the movies and from what I gather much of history in the city, has a reputation for being dangerous and downtrodden. That is not the Southie of today.
I went to Austin for the first time in April of 2014. I planned for a year, looking at what food stops I wanted to make and basically planned my whole trip around that. Yes. I made an excel file with where each meal would be had. Here’s a list of the places I ate, drank, and some things to do around town. It’s not even scratching the surface of what Austin has to offer, but it’s a place to start.
Burlington is everything that is right with hipsters. People bitch and moan about their beanie hats in the summer, and non-prescription glasses, but where hipsters go - creative, local, quality food and drink tend to follow.
It took all of 12 hours here for me to ask the question:
"Have I been living under a rock or is Minneapolis America's best-kept secret?"
Review of this tart: “This is the best one yet.” – My husband. I will say – it’s a good one. It’s got a few more steps since you need to flavor the milk and cream with cinnamon before making the custard – but it’s well worth it.
“This is not a particularly inventive recipe - it’s about the technique. It’s about where I suspect we’re going wrong when we try to sub in GF flour for a tart shell recipe.”
On New Year’s Eve at 4pm, I told my friend I would bring an appetizer to her brunch the next day even though I had no idea what was in the house and no intention of going shopping. This unstuffed mushroom appetizer is the result of that. It’s all the flavor of a stuffed mushroom without any actual stuffing of mushrooms.
These are based off of an Earthquake Cookie recipe. Basically, I didn’t have all the shit (nor did I have the 4 hours minimum required chilling time noted in the recipe), so I made a new version. Mine uses hot chocolate powder and pumpkin spice, and only needs 1 hour of chilling time since you use a shallow plate and a freezer/fridge one/two punch, so you can bang them out in an afternoon instead of a full day.
I tested this recipe three times. Which was a mistake because they’re so addictive that I ate half a tray every time. OK, that’s en exaggeration. I ate half a tray once.
Don’t let the dairy-free scare you! This dip is SO crazy good you’ll never know it’s got no cheese.
Blueberry and lemon make for a perfect spring or summer cocktail featuring herbal gin - the spirit that’s making a comeback.
Macarons are NOT. THAT. HARD.
Sure, it might seem like lots of steps – but once you go through it once…it’s pretty straight forward. Yes, I’ve had a few batches bomb for no apparent reason – but the majority have turned out just fine.
Let me be clear: I’m specifically talking about the Paleo diet in it’s low-carb iterations, women, and athletic performance. Our bodies react differently to the athletic demands we put on them. Women are not just small men.
Magazines make money on the very very simple concept of convincing you that you’re gross, fat, ugly and unlovable…and only with the things in the pages of their publication will you ever be beautiful, sexy, loved and accepted.
You don’t need new programming to get better. You need to schedule time either by yourself or with a coach to work on those skills if you want to get better at things. You need to put work in.
Hitting the hotel fitness studio? Who knows what you’re gonna get. I’ve seen everything from Pelaton bikes, to 5 dumbbells and a treadmill that doesn’t turn on. Having a few easy, simply, equipment-less workouts in your back pocket can be enough to get you moving when you can.
“I’m not sure what to eat now that I can’t have any carbs.”
“Since I can’t have carbs anymore, I’m really tired.”
“What do I eat since I can’t have carbs on paleo?”
These are questions and statements that I see constantly.
There seem to be two teams: the people who tell you that it’s the ONLY way, and the people who tell you that it’s NEVER the way. Personally – I don’t take advice on something from someone unless they’ve done the thing they’re talking about
I've dropped in at quite a few gyms in my CrossFit tenure. From local in NJ when visiting family to across the Atlantic in Copenhagen, Denmark. I have to be honest, I assumed what I'm about to tell you was a sort of common-sense thing...not to be a dick.
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