Consider this Part One in a new series, “I Could Really Use a New Fridge, But I’m Renting.” On any given day, certain things in my fridge freeze. It could be my expensive organic baby greens mix. It could be my milk. Maybe 4 cartons of strawberries (that really made me mad…) Or perhaps a […]

Hmm…what do you do when your friend is moving and gives you a bag of lemons from her fridge, and you happen to have a tub of mascarpone that’s about to expire? You make a cheesecake, of course. That is, if you also happen to have a pint of heavy cream and a bar of […]

Apparently, my husband loves this cheesecake. My first clue was when he told me that I could make it again. And then he kissed me. And then he ate the whole thing over the period of a week. And then he said, “Just in case you are wondering, you can make that again. I like […]

I love gifts that are handmade. Really, I love most anything that is handmade (especially desserts.) There’s so much love and years of devotion to one’s art that goes into the handmade gift. When I got married, I was fortunate enough to have received this awesome honey pot made by Joe Bennion, the potter behind […]

Mama likes her snacks. (Especially pregnant Mama.) And when I was at my favorite place in the entire world (besides my bed), I couldn’t help myself. I bought a snack just for me. I never do this because I’m trying to keep my weight gain in check, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah. They don’t always […]

When I cleaned out my closet a few weeks ago, I found numerous skirt hangers that were bulky and taking up too much space. I just weren’t using them. I realized if I popped the clips off the ends, I could reuse them as chip clips. Yet another epiphany for Lindsey! They work great because […]

Before I had children, I was an avid “scrounger”, i.e. proficient finder of great stuff at tag sales and thrift stores. (Though not always an avid buyer.) It’s getting to be that time of year again when the newspapers will be filled with announcements of weekend tag sales. Scrounging can take time, but wow, you […]

I will admit when I first thumbed through Baking: From My Home to Yours, the recipe for Fluted Polenta and Ricotta Cake did not jump out at me. I don’t usually make “grown-up” cakes with dried fruit–much to my husband’s dismay. (He’s the real epicure in our marriage.) I also don’t love figs. I mean, […]

My Cuisinart 11-cup food processor (purchased at Costco) came with a bunch of extras that I normally wouldn’t have bought–like an extra work bowl, dough blade, and slicing/grating disks. I put the extra bowl and dough blade away with the thought I would use it when the other bowl wore out–it hasn’t happened after almost […]

Whew! We are back from our little jaunt to The Berkshires. We had a fabulous time and it was hard to come back home. Our biggest day trip was spent up at the Hancock Shaker Village located just outside of Pittsfield, MA. What a fun place to visit! If you are ever in that area, […]