I’ve got this trick – it’s a pasta trick – where I remix and combine favorite salads and favorite pastas into brand new pasta/salad hybrids that bridge all the gaps and satisfy all the cravings at once. Phew. That’s a little overly dramatic, I suppose, …
There is something to be said about a really great cheese board. Perhaps that is because there is something to be said about really great cheese. No matter how you shake it though (or in this case, bake it), most people can get behind the …
Nobody tells you at the time, but when you’re a kid, you have a very special, built-in, highy invisible set of magic glasses through which you get to view the world. Not to be confused with glasses of the rose-colored sort, magic glasses are a …
Here I sit, with a measly two weeks to go until I turn in the manuscript for my book. I’m on holiday with my family in Virginia at the moment, tucked away high up in the Blue Ridge mountains for the week to enjoy the …
“Lauren, don’t wish your life away! You’ll regret it when you’re older …” I’ve heard these words time and time again in my life, as I have always been painfully, regretfully guilty of doing just that: wishing the time away. It’s my worst habit, no …
While I fear it may give the impression that I am somewhat of a scrooge, in the name of transparency I will admit something to you … {takes deep breath … hovers fingers above keyboard}. Okay, here goes … My name is Lauren, I am 33 …
