Just a Little Bit of Everything

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.

  • Potatoes Potatoes Potatoes

    You can boil ‘em, mash ‘em, stick ‘em in a stew. I love potatoes. LOVE them. I love them fried and cheesy and loaded with bacon. I love them mashed and garlic-y. I love the sweet ones with butter and cinnamon and sugar (although they are not of the same family.) A versatile starchy tuber, Read more

  • Finally Friday!

    It’s been a busy week for me, as I’ve been working at the local bakery every day (minus Monday, because we are closed). 4:30 is early, but waking up 10 minutes before my alarm feels even earlier! I’ve also been trying to be more social and force my body to stay awake instead of trying Read more

  • Biscuit Week!

    It’s biscuit week for our bakers in the tent and we are starting to see some bakers crack under pressure. Just kidding, I am (unfortunately) not in the tent but if you do watch the BBC/Netflix show, The Great British Bake Off, you know that biscuits are no joke. Another unfortunate event, I am also Read more

  • Pâte à Choux (To you and you and you)

    Okay that was supposed to be to the tune of Sound of Music’s, So Long, Farewell, when Friedrich says “Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu”, so just pretend you got it. Choux (pronounced as “shoe”) pastry is a cooked, eggy dough made with butter, water, flour, and eggs. Instead of using any raising Read more

  • How To Make Friends – As an Adult

    Okay, say you’re in your mid-to-late twenties, no longer in school and you don’t like your coworkers (mixing friends with business isn’t always the greatest of ideas), but you’re feeling a little lonely, especially on Monday nights when your partner is playing online games with his friends. What do you do with yourself? Sure you Read more

  • Trivia Tuesday

    Salutations Salamanders! Salamanders are a group of amphibians with a lizard-like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, and short limbs. They can range in size from minute salamanders of 27 mm (1+1⁄8 in) to the Chinese giant salamander which can reach 1.8 m (6ft) and weigh up to 185lbs! Most salamanders are between 10 and 20 Read more