Lunch at Farinolio in Westfield

A few months ago, my in-laws introduced us to Farinolio, a Tuscan cafe in Westfield, New Jersey. They had ordered in sandwiches from there, and I couldn’t get over how amazing the bread looked. You

CHEESY: Eggplant Pizza Melts

Last week I picked up a beautiful white eggplant at the South Orange Farmer’s Market. I knew it would be perfect to make my famous eggplant pizza melts! While I didn’t have any shredded cheese

Eating My Way Through Napa

I hope you enjoyed reading about everywhere we enjoyed drinking while in Napa. Today I share with you everywhere we ate! You know E and I love to eat with reckless abandon… Napa is home

Pasta salad is a quintessential American summer side dish. Who doesn’t remember having pasta salad at their Memorial Day and 4th of July BBQs?? It is such an easy side dish to make! Unfortunately many

Adventure

Dinner at The Reservoir in South Orange

Just Keep Swinging #bethegreen Pink Beauties The Reservoir In honor of Earth Day, for the the whole month of April, our building has been running their #bethegreen initiative. This initiative is to try to encourage residents to

Bake Me

My Mama's Mandelbrot

My mother is an excellent baker. Her banana chocolate chip muffins are famous among my friends and family. Everyone fights for them. Especially the muffins that fall a little bit or are slightly under-cooked. I

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