Browsing Category Food + Entertaining

The Elevated S'mores Bar While in Austin we may not have have Narnia style snow-covered days but we do have weather that allows us to be outside pretty much all the time.

Breakfast pastries of any sort are and will always be my favorite breakfast to make – especially around the holidays. There’s something about the smell of fresh baked cinnamon rolls that brings about very fond memories from my childhood. You know that feeling when you smell something and it triggers a memory, I love that feeling! So here are a few of my go-to breakfast sweet treats to whip up this winter and for all ...

Times are weird. I think we can all admit that but this unfortunately is our new normal. No matter what happens we are going to have to adapt the ways in which we live, including how we host dinner parties, happy hours, girls’ nights, date nights, you name it we’re adapting. As a way to bring some normalcy to life I’ve been hosting friends at my house. For those that feel comfortable being inside we ...

After nearly a month in Europe of practically eating my way through Paris, London and Ireland I needed to hit reset upon returning back to the states. While I like to think that I have some self control, I needed to enlist a bit of help to get me back on track. I tend to be the person who says screw it I'm having the fries because I want the dang fries. But after weeks ...

Dear London guys and gals, Since moving to New York, I have developed an appreciation for amazing meals with friends that I never thought I would. There is something so lovely about sitting down at a table enjoying incredible dishes and great wine that I just love. Our New York Transatlantic Tables dinner, which I previewed last week on Instagram, at Hundred Acres (a personal favorite of mine!) in NYC could not have been more fun, ...

Mulled wine has helped see me through nearly eight years of blizzard like conditions in New York. It's true. When I moved to the East Village my apartment was conveniently located next door to this little bar that I still to this day refer to as the 'yellow bar' (its name is actually St. Dymphna's.) During the first winter in the EV my roommates and I found ourselves cozied up here sipping on their delightful mulled ...