Amish Sugar Cookies are a simple, soft and flavorful sugar cookie, made famous by the Amish. One of Nick’s sisters lives in an Amish town. Every time we visit, I’m convinced we need to move away from the city, give up modern technology, and live the life of the Amish. Then I remember I’m a…
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Simple Beef and Swiss Roasted Asparagus Bundles
Beef and Swiss Roasted Asparagus Bundles, featuring Oscar Mayer Select Naturals Slow Roasted Roast Beef, are a wonderful spring appetizer or simple lunch! Oh friends, I am so itching for spring to get here, aren’t you? It’s starting to stay lighter, longer in the evening, the last couple of mornings birds have been chirping outside my…
Multi-Generational Parenting {Recipe: Mike’s Favorite Waffles}
My oldest brother, Mike, is 22 years older than me. I’ve never thought a whole lot about that, until recently. He was married by the time I was born and began his own family just a few years after my birth. Sure, it was kind of odd growing up with a nephew just a couple…
Worth the Wait {Recipe: Fried Okra}
It seems kind of odd to crave okra, doesn’t it? When I received the Deliciously Organic cookbook last year I tried recipe after recipe, truly enjoying each one. However, there was one recipe I kept wanting to try and that was Carrie’s Fried Okra. The problem was, apparently the window for fresh okra in Kansas…
Plate to Pixel Food Photography Book Review & Giveaway
This giveaway is now closed. I wanted to bake something special for this post today, as a friends success is something to celebrate. But, I didn’t… I’ve been so busy with freelance work these past two weeks that my kitchen is feeling a bit neglected. I figured, even though I wasn’t able to bake something,…
Food Photography Tip {Recipe – Pumpkin Swirl Cheesecake}
There is still plenty of time to enter the three giveaways we have going on right now. Check out the Masterbuilt Butterball Indoor Electric Turkey Fryer giveaway by following this link, the Quaker Chewy Afterschool Rocks kits giveaway by following this link, and the Bush’s Beans Culinary Institute of America Giveaway here. Thanks for participating…
Food Photography Props at Lucullian Delights
I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to do a guest post over at Lucullian Delights talking all about food photography and food props. Ilva has a great series happening right now and she has asked 4 food bloggers to open up their cabinets and drawers and share with her readers all about the various food props…
Food Photography Workshop (Recipe: Mustard Dip for Artichokes)
I’m always a day late and a dollar short. Denise of Chez Us was telling me about the food photography workshops she is coordinating in San Francisco and of course, I wanted to get the word out to everyone because this is such an awesome opportunity. Well, a week passes and guess what… the first…
Ask a Blogger Question #3 – Popular Food Photography Sites
Today’s “Ask a Blogger” question comes from Erica over at piExperiment. Erica has a question about submitting photos to some of the more popular food photography sites, like Foodgawker and Tastespotting. “When I edit my photos on my personal computer they look one way, but not the same when I upload them onto foodie photo…
Mythical Balance (Recipe: Just Like Lambert’s Thrown Rolls)
If it hasn’t been clear by my lack of posts lately, I seem to be having a very difficult time with balance. People say “don’t worry about it, Kristen… you’ll find your “me” time again”. Or, “why worry about blogging?” is something I often get from non-bloggers…people who don’t understand the therapeutic nature of getting…
