Jacky Hackett: Cooking, eating, reading, riding my bike that goes nowhere — living my best porch life.
The theme of this year seems to be non-stop. Which sometimes is a good thing and sometimes it makes me want to stay under the covers all day, especially with five straight days of rain. I am constantly playing catch up. Though, now most of the big items on the to-do list are done, but…
1) Taste test, Ireland won 2) New to me 3) That Guinness Cake 4) Spring 5) LOVE 6) Woods walk 7) T-Ball
We did not have a very traditional Easter this year. It was all about house chores and catching up on sleep. We did get eggs colored at the 11th hour on Saturday. Sticking with the non-traditional I didn’t just make the hard boiled eggs into egg salad like I traditionally would. Instead I tried something…
1) Wall art 2) Cosmo 3) My gloves 4) First glove 5) CANDY 6) Best dessert ever 7) White dragon
Good Friday, fifteen years ago we moved into our house. We got home from our closing and moved right in. Our friends and family helped us celebrate Easter in our new home. It was a beautiful weekend, much like today was, and we spent lots of time on our new, bare, deck. Back then our…
Baja Spring Break goes something like this… A long day on a sunny beach makes you thirsty, margarita anyone? Followed by chorizo and shrimp crispy tacos… A side salad and creamy refried beans… All generously topped with a fresh salsa… A perfect spring break retreat… Aw hell, I’m dreaming — I have to go to…
Cooking for fellow food blogger friends this past weekend was so fun. I wanted to send them home with something and decided it was the perfect opportunity to finally make attempt Sriracha Salt. This recipe is pretty widespread, I certainly did not create it, though I can’t recall where I first saw it. Likely it…
As it turns out, I can’t cook for just four people. But better too much than not enough! I had the pleasure of hosting Biz {My Bizzy Kitchen}, Jennifer {Slim Shoppin‘}, and my sister {Lower CT River Valley} for brunch today. Two sets of sisters, one set of twins. We grew in the same town…
1) Cannonball 2) Sunrise 3) Time of year 4) Corned beef and cabbage frittata 5) Leftover green 6) wine Wednesday 7) 4 am wake-up call, trip to Springfield
Being a visitor is always fun. Though visiting the recommended places, going to the touristy areas, seeing the popular sights is really only part of getting to know a city. It’s like the first few dates of a relationship, everyone is on their best behavior. My favorite way to see a city is early in…