Did I ever tell you this story? When I turned 25 my mom went through all the tried and true recipes that she made when I was growing up. She hand wrote each and every one on a separate sheet, placed them in a plastic sheet protector and organized the entire list in a three [...]

  Posted by Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo / Nesting and Personal and Uncategorized

Epicurious has put together a pumpkin primer that illustrates all the different ways to prepare this soon to be in-season treat. From savory to sweet and everything in between, these recipes and tips for one of Fall’s best ingredients must not be missed! Who wouldn’t want to try their hand at tasty dishes like Spiced Pumpkin [...]

  Posted by Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo / totally delicious dishes and Uncategorized and Where to eat?

As you know, we decided to go forward with the move even though we couldn’t put anything on the second floor. The wood flooring “specialist” did the most horrendous job possible on our wood flooring. I had three different wood flooring professionals over last week to look at the mess he made. All agreed the [...]

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The first set of boxes that I unpacked -after our move last weekend- were my notebooks from the chef training program at the Natural Gourmet Institute. (I completed the program during the Spring and Summer of 1999 -Eeeeks! I am getting old!) The Natural Gourmet is focused on health supportive cooking. The curriculum focus is [...]

  Posted by Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo / totally delicious dishes and Uncategorized

If I were a superstar blog writer, I suppose I would have had a slew of guest posts ready to go live this week while I am unpacking all the boxes. But I am not, and I don’t. Heck, with both flooring disasters delaying us by more than 5 business days, I was ready to [...]

  Posted by Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo / Nesting and Personal and Uncategorized