Have you ever read a recipe that calls for an egg wash and thought, "Do I really need to do this?" ...
Table Talk, 06.16.18
I really settled into summer this past week. With the HH air conditioner crisis solved, one ...
My Trusted Recipe Sources
I have been cooking for eighteen years, and along the way have sifted through a ton of cookbooks and ...
How To Select Desserts
How do you select the right dessert? Practically speaking, there's never really a wrong choice ...
How I Talk To My Daughters About Their Bodies
When we started raising our children, I knew I had a lot of body-related baggage that I did not ...
Flour
Flour is the most common ingredient used in baking and comes in a variety of types: all ...
Table Talk, 06.09.18
What. A. Week. The Hurley House AC gave up the ghost and breathed her last. We ...
Chicken Fridays
On this particular Friday morning, I told the staff that I was going to roast the chicken leftover ...
LDOS 2018
LDOS (Last Day Of School) is a known acronym in our home (as is FDOS), and after counting down for ...
Baking With Cold Butter
Everyone wants flaky pie crust and flaky scones, and the secret to flaky results is baking with cold ...
The Blog Backstory
In January of 2011, I started a blog. We were living in the house on Hurley Avenue, and I was ...
Table Talk, 06.02.18
The Hurley House staff culture is a source of life for me. We spend a lot of time together, ...