When in Puglia: Make the Pasta, Eat the Pasta If you’re heading to Italy and don’t roll up your sleeves to make pasta, did you even go to Italy? Okay, maybe that’s dramatic—but seriously, pasta-making in Italy is a must. Especially in Puglia, where the local specialty is orecchiette (which literally means “little ears”—adorable, right?). […]

Our first trip to Italy, stole my heart. It was nothing short of magical. In the next few post I am going to share snippets of our trip and all the areas we visited while in Puglia Italy We happen to be in Italy during a massive heat wave so a day on the boat […]

I Love this chocolate chip cookie recipe, I found it on pinterest years ago and modified a little over the years. Ingredients (makes around 2 dozen) 3/4 c. unsalted butter, softened  3/4 c. brown sugar  1/4 c. granulated sugar  1 egg  2 tsp. vanilla extract  2 c. all purpose flour  2 tsp. cornstarch  1 tsp. baking soda  1/2 tsp. sea salt  1 c. mini bittersweet chocolate chips   Preheat oven to 350 […]

So I get overwhelmed shopping. I am a certain kind of shopper…… I like things visually laid out for me. I don’t have the mindset to search through racks to find an item I am looking for. I am the same way on online. If there are too many items on a site, I get […]