The Easter Weekend Round-Up…

With Monday being a Massachusetts-centric holiday and also Troy’s last full day here in the Pioneer Valley before he returns to work on the West Coast (although we’re reuniting in Milan, Italy in exactly two weeks – and I still can’t believe it’s happening!) I thought I would take the day off from anything and […]

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Springtime Sweets: PEEPS and Pudding Cups

I want to preface this post by saying that I am not typically a fan of PEEPS. While my mother, a die-hard loyalist to the sugary, marshmallow monstrosities, will try and and all flavors that get churned out – I usually skip right over them at Eastertime and head directly to the chocolate bunnies or […]

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Welcoming April…

Hello, April! It’s so good to see you! This week ahead is filled with birthdays (and celebrations for said birthdays), work obligations, and the possibility of some snow/sleet since Winter refuses to go out without a fight- but I love the sense of optimism I have at the beginning of each new month and my […]

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Easter Eats: Lamb and Wild Rice Stew

With Easter just around the corner and Stef & I back in the studio to record new episodes of our ‘Baking to the B Movies’ podcast (available wherever you get your podcasts, by the way!) I thought I’d share an absolutely incredible lamb stew recipe that Stef whipped up for our recent season premiere as […]

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OOTD: Lavender Haze

When my mother announced her plans for Easter- a multi-course dinner with multiple options for a small portion of our family- I was ready to kick back in jeans and a sweatshirt or- depending on just how lazy I was feeling- leggings and an long tunic so that I could immediately slip into a post-meal […]

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Springtime Sweets: Angel Food Cupcakes

When I was a kid, I had an unfortunate experience with angel food cake that involved becoming violently ill after eating copious amounts of it mixed with watermelon slices and a package of Snoball coconut cakes before going swimming during the hottest day of Summer that year (nine year old me could not be tamed.) […]

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Food Comas and Chocolate Bunnies…

Do food comas typically last 48 hours? If you’ve ever spent a holiday at my mom’s house with my family- you’ll see that they most certainly can and often do. After last year’s Easter dinner- a beloved tradition for my brothers and I for as long as I can remember- was canceled due to the […]

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