[Welcome to my Weekly Love List, a list on all things I love. Because if I love them, well, obviously you should love them too. As the Backstreet Boys song says (and yes, I am actually quoting them) “My Love is All I Have To Give.” So with that throwback, here are this week’s list-worthy things…]

I’ll be the first to admit it. I love Superbowl Sunday for three reasons and three reasons only:

1.The food

2. The advertisements (Remember Britney Spears’ Pepsi commercial/music vid that debuted during the Superbowl? Sigh. Those were the days)

3. The food

There used to be 4 but then Justin showed Janet’s boobs, the FCC went crazy, and the halftime shows became lamer than my past few Saturday nights, which included watching Little Einsteins with my nephew (need I say more?).

Anyways, here is my Super Bowl inspired Love List. Because with the biggest sporting event of the year comes a lot of food things to love. Read More »

[I used to think I knew everything…until I found myself stranded in the middle of adulthood with no map and no one to guide me when I got lost. I have learned a lot since then - from how to balance a checkbook to how to sew on a button - and will share my wisdom with you.

Every Monday I will be back to teach you how to do something useful, even if it also happens to be completely random. Because, hey, you never know when you just might need to know how to change a tire…or mix a perfect martini.]

So, Thanksgiving is coming and now that we are all college students (read: adults) it has come to the time when we are expected to contribute something to Thanksgiving Dinner.

Before you cry, stomp your feet, beg your mommy not to make you grow up, and run to the grocery store to pick up a pre-roasted turkey or a box of Stove Top Stuffing, hear me out. You can do this. Really. You can impress your family and friends with your Top-Chef-style cooking skills and send them home stuffed, impressed… and not food poisoned.

First step: offer to do a dessert.

Next step: offer to do this dessert. It is simple, it is classic and it is super duper delicious, which means you get to seriously enjoy the fruits of your labors.

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