Peanut Butter Chocolate Mousse with Banana Ice Cream from BLT Steak in Scottsdale, AZ A few months ago Andy and I moved to a great apartment on the Upper West Side. It ticked all my boxes: great location, close to two subways and one avenue from Central Park, pre-war character with high ceilings and big

It’s been about 36 hours since we launched Bloggers without Borders and our fundraising efforts for tornado victims, so we thought it was time for a progress report. As of midnight, we had raised over $1,200 for tornado victims across the United States. We can’t thank you enough for your quick and generous response

Bloggers without Borders (BwoB) is a blogger-based charity whose mission is to help people—bloggers and readers alike—by harnessing the good will of the blogging community. Its founders are Maggy Keet of ThreeManyCooks, Erika Pineda-Ghanny of The Ivory Hut, and Aimee Wimbush-Bourque of Simple Bites. BwoB officially launches in July

Some people tolerate their family, some people like their family and other people love their family. I loooove my family. So when I learned that I would be attending a conference in Atlanta, I tacked on a few extra days so that I could stop in and see my aunt and uncle, Sue and Steve,

I wrote this post on the plane home from Monterey, California where I was fortunate enough to be the guest of Dole for their first-ever Salad Summit. Despite a two-hour flight delay and only making my connecting flight with seven minutes to spare, I arrived on Thursday evening where we were taken to the best

On Saturday, bloggers in major (and minor!) cities around the U.S. held bake sales to benefit Share our Strength, a charity whose mission is to end childhood hunger. When my friend, Gaby, asked if I would head up the New York City bake sale, I happily accepted

My dad is one of seven; he has two brothers and four sisters and though they’re scattered all over the United States (and at points, beyond!), they are surprisingly close. While they would like to see each other more, the “sibs” always gets together for three things: the annual Anderson family reunion, their father’s birthday

The winner of the Whole Family Cookbooks is Kirsten. We hope your day of pampering was fun and that the kitchen being off limits to you went well! Last year it was Sharon who wrote our Mother’s Day post. It was so beautifully written it made Mom cry (and I got misty-eyed). I can’t live

I have a confession to make. Andy and I went out for brunch this weekend…twice! How utterly indulgentof us! I’m sort of ashamed, but with all the amazing choices in New York City, I can hardly help myself. I’m simply in love with brunch. But it’s not just us. All the restaurants we passed had

Before I moved to New York City, I thought Central Park was just another ‘must see’ tourist spot. But when I moved here last year, my perspective quickly changed. I understood the necessity of this park—the true meaning it held for the people who live here. I am eternally grateful to the people who had

(Photo by Amanda:  Dessert Truck Works) A few weeks ago, my friend Amanda (from Kevin and Amanda) wrote me an e-mail to let me know she was going to be in New York City for a blogging event (and meeting Bobby Flay!). She said she had some free time on the Sunday and would love to

There is much to love about being a blogger. It keeps me in touch with Mom and Sharon, it keeps me writing and cooking every day and it keeps me engaged with a community of like-minded people. It has also connected our family to wonderful people from our past and present in a new way.

When we arrived in New York, we had one small book case filled with the treasured reads that we loved enough to pay to ship from England to America. There were about ten cookbooks and forty novels. But after a year as a food blogger with a growing passion for food, the bookcase was heaving. 

When we were living in England, my husband and I had a wonderful tradition of going to his grandparent’s house for a Sunday roast. Now that we live back in America, I want to continue the Sunday roast dinner tradition with my own family, but it takes more time and effort than I can afford