Have you ever heard of the term Baker’s Dozen? We know that a dozen equals twelve of something and we see it in our daily life, such as shopping for a dozen eggs or a dozen roses . There are also reminders we see in the our world around us such as the 12 months on the calendar . But a baker’s dozen is thirteen of a something, usually baked goods. Why? Continue reading
It is so strange how life works. I love it when I see things come full circle. In an earlier post here on the blog I shared with you why in this day and age I wasn’t on Facebook. I said, blame in on Napolean Dynamite! Because in the film the famous line “your mom goes to college” was literally what my son had to deal with on a daily basis when he and I were going to university together. While I had joined Facebook in its infancy on the urging of other nerdy students looking for study groups, I quickly signed off when my son’s fraternity brothers thought it would be funny to “friend me”. Continue reading
As I won’t be doing a Woman Crush Wednesday episode this week, I thought it would be a good time to do a recap. There have been eleven WCW honorees since the last recap. That makes a total of 55 fabulous weeks of the lady chefs getting some love and taking center stage on the blog. I also re-create one of their recipes live on my Snapchat channel (username: blissbakery). While those of you who watch will be spared the bad singing and dancing (my doggie Stella is delighted about that) you might want to have a look at what other culinary creations have been happening thanks to some of my fav female foodies here, here, here, here, and here. Continue reading
I speak often about Bucket List locations. That is because I have an extensive list and it is always evolving. I tick things off and add more. I don’t ever want to tick off everything because that could only mean one thing. And “done and dusted” isn’t a phrase I like to use when we are talking about “kicking the bucket”. So I think that keeping the list flowing is a way to stay young, active and alive! Every now and again an experience happens that is a surprise. It’s not on the bucket list, but afterwards I realize it was so special it should have been. Malta is one of those places. Continue reading
There have been 54 Woman Crush Wednesday recipients since I started this series to honor the wonderful women in the culinary world. It is actually 56 if you consider on one episode there were sisters and another there were partners. But in all that time I believe that today’s WCW is the youngest! Continue reading
I haven’t talked about my Grandpa O’Neill in a while. I figured I’d tell you a little story. Today is the feast of St. Anthony, but not the one in my story. Hey Anthony is a common name even for saints. But it has to do with sentimental keepsakes gone missing and relics. Can you see where this is going? Continue reading
It’s not everyday I can get my Hubby to appear on Snapchat. But last night he joined me for “Cuppa Critics” where we shared our take on eleven fabulous films. I was given the “screeners”, as the are called, by Screen Actors Guild to watch before I vote in the upcoming SAG awards. Though I haven’t acted since switching careers to the food industry full time when we moved to Dublin in 2008, I am still a proud card carrying member. I started acting as a child and in fact have my pension with Screen Actors Guild. So I take my privilige of voting in this prestigious awards seriously.