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I recently had dinner with my cousin, Annie and her family. Often when we eat together I make a tiramisu. Tiramisu is her husband Lukas’s favorite dessert, so he has been my #1 tester for this tiramisu recipe. Tiramisu means ‘pick me up’ in Italian.…

Yes, I know it is Thanksgiving this week and every food blog on the planet is posting about Thanksgiving dinner, but not me. After gorging myself on Thanksgiving dinner, I want something healthy in the days after Thanksgiving. That is why, I’m planning to may…

I love New Orleans: the food, the music, the people, the history. There is no place like it. We had planned to go in 2020 to go there in 2020 to celebrate my nephew’s graduation, but the pandemic happened. Thus it had been way too…

Fall is finally here, which means it is apple season! I love it when the apples from north Georgia start showing up my neighborhood farmers market. When I was growing up, my grandmother would go to Ellijay every fall to get apples and make us…

It has been a hot summer here in Atlanta. When it is this hot, the last thing I want to do is stand over a hot stove or oven to cook something. That is one of the reasons I love this zucchini cherry tomato salad…

Visiting Machu Picchu has been on my bucket list for a long time. While the Lares Trek was my favorite part of the trip, this doesn’t mean that Machu Picchu wasn’t amazing. It was. Machu Picchu deserves its place on the UNESCO World Heritage List…

This post was supposed to be about Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu has been on my bucket list for years. But the part of my trip that made me fall in love with Peru was hiking the Andes on the Lares Trek. Don’t get me wrong:…

When I travel, I find some of the most memorable moments (and meals) are the ones that are unexpected. This was the case when my friends and I went to Lake Como. I ate lots of delicious pasta while I was there. But, the pasta…

My friend Dixon’s mom has a Meyer lemon tree. Every December she sends him lots of Meyer lemons and, fortunately, he shares them with me. When I have Meyer lemons, I love to make this Meyer lemon ice cream. It is the perfect blend of…

It has been a while since my last post. Work has been crazy, so this Thanksgiving I am grateful for time – time to spend with friends and family. Just because I haven’t had time to post, doesn’t mean I haven’t made time to wander.…

For the past month, my local farmers market has had the most beautiful fairy tail eggplant. I just love them. Not only are they adorable, but they are also easy to cook. Just slice them in half and roast them and you get a creamy…

I don’t know about you, but for the last few weeks my local farmers market has had the best figs! As a result this spinach, fig, and goat cheese salad with honey balsamic dressing has become a favorite meal. This salad is also a great…

Hiking Cinque Terre was a bucket list item for me. That is why I was so excited when this trip to Cinque Terre came together. The vision of hiking the cliffs between the picturesque towns enchanted me. During the height of the pandemic as we…

I recently returned from a trip to Northern Italy. It was wonderful to travel with friends again! I’ll post more highlights from my trip soon. However, I thought it would be best to start with one of my favorite things about any trip to Italy:…

Every year at the lake our family, friends, and neighbors get together for a Fourth of July breakfast. The menu has been the same for as long as I can remember, but this year we are adding a new dish: red, white, and blueberry french…