Very Fond of Food
Note: This recipe and accompanying text originally appeared as a guest post on Eat Boutique. I’m a bit embarrassed to admit this, but I flipped through Sophie Dahl’s new cookbook, Very Fond of...
What Happened to Goodbye – Sarah Dessen
What if your father was the slightly kinder, gentler, and less profane version of Gordon Ramsey? What if your mom left an unhappy marriage and became the pampered wife of...
How to Build a Fire: And Other Handy Things Your Grandfather Knew by Erin Bried
Update: This contest is now closed. Congratulations to Emmy, lucky number 39! You may remember around this time last year that I glowingly reviewed a book by author Erin Bried....
Classic Chocolate Whoopie Pies with Marshmallow Filling
Imagine it. An entire book packed from cover to cover with glorious duos of decadent cake sandwiched together with frothy icing. Whether or not you’re a fan of sweet or...
An Erin Cooks Contest: How to Sew a Button: And Other Nifty Things Your Grandmother Knew
Note: This contest has now ended. Congratulations to Angie for being lucky #53! Thank you all for your entries and please be sure to check back soon for more fabulous...
An ErinCooks Contest: Win a Copy of The School of Essential Ingredients
Happy second day of summer! I don’t know about you but I’m a huge fan of summer reading lists. Not that we’re having much of a summer yet in New...
Too Many Cooks and Sublime Coconut Cake
Last week we had terrible weather in Boston. It was dark, dreary, and downright depressing. Not even the alliteration in those words could bring a smile to my face. So...
I loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti (and Hot Pink Cake)
I first read about I loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti while browsing through an article online in The New York Times Home & Garden section about the author Giulia...