How to Cook Like a Pro on the Cheap
Two words: PORK BELLY. I know, I know. So trendy right now. But here’s the thing, it’s cheap as hell…
A Lesson in Amateur Detective Work
Look closely. What do you see? A ribbon of fat, perhaps? Ssshhh. Listen. This is not just any fat ribbon….
How to Secure Financial Instability in Your 30′s
Go to Stein’s deli to buy an item that you were tipped off to by another blogger, in this case…
ad hoc at home (aka, Why You Aren’t Fit to Scrub Thomas Keller’s Dirty Pots)
For Christmas, my mom gifted me Thomas Keller’s new cookbook, ad hoc at home, because it was a book I’d…
Anthropological Reflections: The Hot Dogis Chilenis
At Chez Eat Drink Nola, we recently had an event worthy of busting out the fine china: my honey’s bday….
Post-Pregnancy Fantasy Realized
Oyster splendor with a French 75? CHECK! Thank you, Luke.
More Panic Cooking
Maybe panic cooking is my version of nesting. I’m too tired to have anyone over, yet I can’t. stop. cooking….
Did I forget to mention……
…..that my live-in chef also bakes? Banana cupcakes with peanut butter frosting. Since we’re on the topic, I believe this…
More Impending Deadlines
AUGUST 15: My sister moves out, because she – perish the thought – is starting her own life, meaning my…








