You may have noticed I’ve been absent on my blog lately, but it’s been for good reason. I gave birth to my first child, Penelope, a few weeks ago.  The weeks leading up to and after her birth have been truly chaotic. We bought a new house, sold our old house, had a baby, […]

It’s National Dog Month and Thursday is National Dog Day. My puppy, Dill Pickle, is the light of my life, so I wanted to do something special to celebrate. Peanut butter is definitely her favorite food, and coincidentally, it’s also one of my favorite foods. So I developed a cookie recipe we can BOTH enjoy. 

Hiking in Hatcher Pass My husband and I were lucky enough to visit Alaska for nearly two weeks this summer. It was unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. I knew Alaska was going to be beautiful, but, just as everyone says, pictures don’t do it justice. There’s no way to grasp how breathtaking it is until

I made croissants for the first time—one of my life goals! As I start the second half of my second semester of culinary school, I wanted to spend some time reflecting on my last 16 weeks of classes, which differed significantly from the first 8 weeks (read more here). I took my first two baking

This past weekend, my husband and I packed our bags and left Indianapolis for the first time since last year for a cross-country skiing adventure on Mackinac Island. Mackinac Island holds a very special place in our hearts. I’ve visited the island every year my entire life, William proposed to me on Mackinac Island, and

I wanted to take some time to update you all on a huge life change I made earlier this year. At the end of August, I left my job at FOX59 and CBS4 to become a full-time culinary student. In order for you all to better understand this decision, I’m going to rewind about seven

I realize I haven’t written a blog post in a long while. As many of you know, I work for a local news station, and my husband works in the healthcare industry. That being said, I am hyperaware of the coronavirus’ effects—on our physical and mental health and on the economy. It has been a

Second stop: Athens We spent 2 nights and 1 full day in Athens before starting our road trip through northern Greece. Upon leaving Athens, we stopped in Asopia and Delphi for a few hours before reaching our hotel in Meteora. Because the stops were so quick, I decided to include them in this post! Getting

As I mentioned in my last blog post, I took a few weeks off last month to go on a honeymoon with my new husband. I had always wanted to visit Greece. My mom’s side of the family is Greek, and I’ve always felt a sense of pride in my heritage. As expected, we had

I usually don’t talk about any other than food. Well, because why would I? I mean this is indeed a food blog! But when I saw that today is National Read A Book Day, I knew I needed to say something. In fact, when I was younger I used to ask for books for Christmas