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Food memories are some of the best memories. One of my fondest is my Nana’s pasta sauce recipe. Growing up, holidays were spent with my Italian American Grandparents. Because of that, there was never a gathering of any significants that didn’t include what I would consider the best pasta sauce recipe. While most American families […]
Strawberry Cream Puffs make an easy, elevated, and delicious Valentine’s Day treat. Besides being easy, you probably have all the ingredients
I can’t begin to tell you how many times I’ve made cinnamon rolls (Or orange cinnamon rolls, in this case) in an attempt to curb a craving, only to be kind of let down. Homemade rolls never seem to have the soft pull-apart feel like their canned counterparts. Sure, we could go and just live […]
When I first moved to the Pacific North West, I had no concept of what a dark, long winter was. I grew up in a state that was perpetually warm/hot/on fire, and that had an abundance of fresh produce. As you can imagine, my first full Seattle winter was a bit of a shock. It […]
Forgive me. I’m going to do that thing people love when they are searching for a recipe and start off with a personal tale about my love of Meyer Lemons. You’ll survives it, though. Early February 2020, my sister and I planned a trip to New Orleans. Little did we know that we were just […]
It feels surreal to be talking holiday meals, but it is that time of year already. Earlier this month, I developed the November recipe for jojotastic.com with it being a thanksgiving side dish in mind. Thanksgiving sides do all the grunt work; they need to be left-over friendly, and most importantly, to me, they need […]
When I launched Wanderlust and Piecrust, my goal was to share an equal amount of travel and food content. Initially, during the first launch in 2018, the blog was pretty travel forward. Then, last year I took some time to regroup in my personal life and neglected the space. When it came time to renew […]
Lately, things have felt a bit all over the place and entirely uncertain. I’m fortunate enough to be working still, but when I’m out seeing the widespread effects of what’s going on, I feel my most uneasy. Every major city I fly to has been still. Not still in the way we usually desire, but […]
One of my biggest frustrations currently is keeping fresh produce. Let’s face it, canned goods are great, but I think we can all use more fresh vegetables right about now. I’ve started to reflect more and more on how wasteful I can be. How wasteful we all can be. We have become so careless with […]
Lately, I’ve been turning to comfort foods. Things that stick to the ribs a bit and make you feel a moment of warmth. The tricky part is avoiding going out when I don’t need to. A lot of my cooking has been focused around using things I have on hand. As much as I love […]