Every year on Christmas Eve, my extended family gathers and eschews a full meal in favor of a massive spread of appetizers. It usually ends up being a huge hodgepodge of different dips, finger foods, and snacks. The one constant every year is my father’s tourtiere, a traditional French Canadian meat pie. It’s always the […]
While perusing the dried fruit section at Trader Joe’s, my four-year-old and I stumbled upon an new one: dragon fruit. Since the little guy spends half his days dressed up as a knight in shining armor, slaying his life-sized inflatable dragon, he thought that was pretty cool. So, for $1.99, we thought we’d take a […]
The other night I popped open a bottle of Zin for myself (Yes, I said myself. Don’t judge me). After my meal was complete, I still had plenty of the red wine left to be enjoyed. My mind immediately jumped to the bag of Lindt brand Lindor Truffles that I received as part of a […]
Remember Vince, the ShamWow guy? You know, that crazy infomercial dude who, for some unknown reason, loves to wear a headset whenever he’s pitching a product. Alright, maybe I shouldn’t make fun. Maybe he’s got some kind of disability that requires him to wear a headset all the time, sorta like lung cancer patients with […]
