Jacky Hackett: Cooking, eating, reading, riding my bike that goes nowhere — living my best porch life.
Some friends were in town last week and we hit a local Mexican restaurant for dinner. The food is amazing and the chef greets you like you are a guest at his dinner party. He brings the special table side to view and he describes the food so emotionally, it is always hard to decide…
We are heading out of town for Thanksgiving so we celebrated an early Thanksgiving with my family, Fauxgiving. It was a great celebration, well minus the fact my dad got stuck in the hospital awaiting the removal of his gallbladder. Delicious food, fun stories, all around good cheer. It is always a good time to…
This blog all started with me posting during the Halloween party preparations. Here we are again! This past weekend we had our Halloween party, 10th year running. There were a ton of fun costumes, great food, lots of friends. Most importantly, no rain. Mother nature is clearly a fan, we have had favorable weather all…
We hosted a back to school Wagons and Wine in our front yard last night. Wagons and Wine is our neighborhood version of happy hour. It was a fun and great opportunity to unwind from a busy first week at school. For me, it was also an opportunity to put my Michigan peaches to use….
One thing I love about vacation is that pace of everything is slowed. No set schedule to follow. Cooking is no exception, I love cooking on vacation and taking my time to try new recipes without the usual weeknight dinner rush. One of my favorite recipes I prepared last week in Michigan was a ceviche. …
Better Homes And Garden Photo I went to the farmer’s market this morning on my way to work. No strawberries. Did I miss them? I hope not because I was planning on making strawberry bruschetta this weekend. Fresh strawberries in summer are so delicious. Paired with goat cheese (I will order anything on a menu…
An easy dip my sister introduced to me, of course I always have to call or text her to make sure I am not leaving anything out. I think it is because it is so easy, that I figure I must be missing something. You can make it as spicy or not as you wish….
We made a rare trip to Whole Foods last weekend, we wanted to cook up some scallops and that is really the easiest place locally to find them. Otherwise we don’t hit up Whole Foods too much. The past few visits the flavor to cost ratio was way off. I picked up a bunch of…
The whole Christmas routine has gotten away from this year. Between work and the kid’s activities I have not had time to dedicate. Today at work they sent everyone home early just for the fun of it. How awesome is that! Well since I was working at home that bought me even more time. I…