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I was a little apprehensive about the Week 42 challenge to make homemade pasta. I was worried I would completely screw it up, but I was also...

I wasn't thrilled when I saw the Week 41 challenge was bottled sauces from scratch. We have so many condiments and sauces in the pantry...

The first thing you'll probably notice about our Week 40 steakhouse challenge meal is that there's no steak on the plate. I don'...

I started out our trip to Portland much like I thought I would, drinking coffee. After landing it was close to 1am back here in NYC, but th...

Five years and one month ago (or thereabouts), we went to Orlando with the primary goals of seeing the Wizarding World of Harry Potter and s...

After spending a few days at Epcot, it was time to bid farewell to Florida. We thought we would probably return soon, but it's been fiv...

After spending the entire day at Universal's Islands of Adventure, we went back to our hotel to rest briefly and then headed out to what...

We haven't posted in a bit (feels like longer than 9 days), first due to excitement over the Cubs World Series win and then pre-electio...

We first tried this pizza as a sample a few months ago and liked it, but didn't end up getting it for dinner until recently. Here's ...

When we first saw the October spotlight cheese at Trader Joe's, we were excited and couldn't wait to try it. Of course, we were in S...

We had an eventful afternoon sightseeing in London after our stop at Nordic Bakery . I got bird crap in my hair near Piccadilly Circus, whic...

On our third day in London, we finally started doing some sightseeing (that wasn't food-related). Our first stop was Piccadilly Circus, ...