I never intended to take (checks notes) a 5 month break from this project. In fact, the last blog post I made on August 14, 2025 was a mere 24 hours before I decided to throw our lives into a state of chaos that we are still trying to manage. This is Rollins. Depending on …
Tomato season is a core memory of my childhood. I come by my love of fresh tomatoes honestly. Both sides of the family are obsessed. Growing up, my mom would take me with her to a tomato patch outside of town in the summer. She would pick giant buckets of tomatoes and bring them back …
Over the July 4th weekend (yes, I am really that backed up on content) we got invited over to a friends house for a casual hang. I decided that this would be a good time to try a re-do on the “Chocolate Dream Dessert Pastry” which was the source of my first Blog Fail back …
Last week my friend Julie sent me a text asking if we wanted her to drop by with some blueberries. This was super exciting because last year the blueberries that she gave us were the best that I had the entire season. This year was no different – shoutout to Julie for the delicious produce. …
Back in the day I used to work from the upstairs office at my parents house. Every morning, I would load our older dog, Gracie (RIP), into the car and the two of us would make the commute about 8 minutes across town. This was one of Gracie’s favorite ways to “work” in the upstairs …
There was a 5 or 6 year period of my life where I was pescatarian only and didn’t eat any chicken or beef. Once my mom started getting sick, dinners at my parents house got complicated. 9/10 times any meal over there would involve some kind of grilled chicken + whatever sides I decided to …
One of the reasons that I don’t make a lot of complex recipes is because I feel like I never have the time to devote to them. During the week, I try to eat dinner with Danny (sometimes it is the only time that we have to catch up) and he rarely shuts down for …
This time of the year is always stressful for me. I work in the family business and never get much time off (if any) over the holidays due to seasonality of getting orders out before the end of tax season. This usually means that by the time the middle of January rolls around, I am …
After my mom died, I was tasked with making a video for her memorial service. I went through her computer and found a ton of old family photos that she had sent off to a service to have scanned. At the time, I was thankful to have found these because it made the process of …
My first actual recipe post, and I am already cheating (sort of). This isn’t technically from my mom’s recipe files. It came from an old church cookbook that (I think) came from my Grandmother on my dad’s side. I am not sure when my mom started making this recipe, but I can tell you that …